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Essays make use of resources shared through the History of the Accademia di San Luca research project website, which may include archival document transcriptions, historic maps, and Roman guidebooks.  Links to resources like Maps, Guidebooks, and Document Transcriptions are provided wherever possible.

Sofonisba Anguissola, Portrait of a Woman (detail), c. 1560, Musée Condé, Chantilly © Musée Condé, Chantilly / Bridgeman Images  

Girolama Parasole after Antonio Tempesta, Battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs, n.d., The Art Institute of Chicago

Pieter Brueghel the Younger, Village Lawyer (detail), 1621, Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent

Archivio di Stato di Roma, TCS, Vol. 0551, 1637, fol. 387v, detail