A painting by Jean-Paul Laurens known also as Sixtus IV and Torquemada.

Francesco Brunery painted a very dignified group of prelates, both secular and monastic ones; of course they all have their trains spread :)

A painting by Andrea Landini.

Francesco Bergamini had to know what sometimes went on in the sacristy :)

A painting by Domenico Ghirlandaio presenting St. Jerome in the winter cappa magna with characteristic cuts on the sides which allowed to pull out hands…

Jean-Léon Huens – Galileo and Cardinals.

Jehan Georges Vibert (1840-1902) – La Sieste. The painting shows a cardinal resting on a rattan lounger in a choir cassock, whose unfastened train falls…

Illumination of the XIII century manuscript Li Livres dou Santé. The term potestas clavium (power of the keys) assumes a completely different meaning :)

Toby Rosenthal – The cardinal’s portrait.

Phillipe de Champaigne – a portrait of cardinal Richelieu in cappa magna.

Andrea Landini reveals the truth what tassels were used for ;) You don’t like tassels – you don’t like kitties!

Another painting by Jehan Georges Vibert in our pinacotheca. Tri-corner hat ♥

To make a sacrifice is not an easy thing to do.

Jean Ignace Gérard, known as J.J. Grandville, depicted the clergy as beetles. Or maybe the other way round?

Charles Édouard Delort depicted cardinal Richelieu’s kitties. The prelate is said to have had 14 of them, including one from Poland. In the background, we see a…