About the Baroque

Small sketches in clay

J. S. B. Pfaff, Allegory of the art of horticulture, 1785/90

Watch out for flies!

Palma, Jacopo Negretti, Venus and Adonis- around 1610

Goddess of love

Andrea Celesti (1637–1712), Venus and Adonis

With Dressing Gown and Cap

Porzellanmanufaktur Höchst, Tea Drinker, ca. 1752/53

Nobility obliged

B. Beckenkamp, The Elector of Trier and his sisters, 1780/81

Everything made by one Hand

Peter Schuß, Writing cabinet, 1763

Easy as pie?

J. P. Melchior, Mountain of Sciences and Arts, around 1770

The engineer's cutlery

Suitcase with Maximilian v. Welsch's cutlery and tackle

A woman in men's clothing

Philippe de Champaigne,St.Pelagia in prayer in the wasteland