RCT4606571: Place Vendome in Paris. Today's square dates back to 1699 and was designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1708). And it was only with the piercing of the Rue de la Paix that the Vendome Column was erected in 1806 by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) to the glory of the victors of Austerlitz (1805). / Bridgeman Images
LRI4604248: Allegory of the month of April At the top the triumph of venus, in the center the decans of the bull, at the bottom Borso d'Este (1413-1471) rewards the scocola jester”” (Allegory of april, the triumph of Venus, the decans of taurus, Borso d'Este rewarding Scocola the jester) detail - fresco by Francesco del Cossa (ca. 1478) Ferrara (Ferrara) Palazzo Schifanoia, Salone dei Mesi, Cossa, Francesco del (1435/6-c.1477) / Bridgeman Images