Portrait of Vincenzo Viviani (1622-1703) mb-width 4987 flowers and leaves of Astragalus

flowers and leaves of Astragalus caulescens

and a measure of war of a very questionable kind'

'French frippery and impertinence

a council estate in Wenlock Road

'Cabinet-Making'

Portrait of Vincenzo Viviani (1622-1703) mb-width 4987 flowers and leaves of AstragalusViviani is painted at half length, seated, before a table upon which there is a brass armillary sphere, pen and wooden inkwell, with a sheaf of drawings. His left hand grips the wooden arm of the chair, while the right rests on the sphere, holding brass dividers. He is dressed in a loose green gown, trimmed with brown fur at the collar and cuffs. He wears a white shirt held at the throat with a gold and jewelled clasp. Two volumes lie flat at his