MRZ5033119: Rebecca at the well Rebecca receiving from Eliezer the hands of Abraham presents from Abraham. Eliezer, Abraham's servant, charged to find a wife for his son Isaac, met Rebecca, who followed him to marry the young man. Painting of the Italian School (18th century) Salon, Bank BNL, Turin Italy / Bridgeman Images
MRZ5033243: Representation of Saint Apolline of Alexandria and Saint Lucia View of the Tramezzo between the altar side church and the choir of the convent by Bernardino Luini (1481-1532): altarpiece of the adoration of the Magi - Church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore - Milan, Italy / Bridgeman Images
MAJ5031828: One of the last southern constellations visible in France is that of the Whale, represented as a fantastic animal with a forked tongue and a long tail. South of the Whale the Celestial maps contain three modern constellations: the Sculptor's Workshop and the Chemical Furnace (first designed by astronomer Lacaille in 1752) and the Electronic Machine, which first appeared in the Atlas de Bode). Engraving from Camille Flammarion's “Les étoiles et les autres curiosites du ciel”, 1882. / Bridgeman Images
MAJ5031813: Zodiacal Constellations - The Virgin and the Balance: The constellation of the Virgin, drawn as a young woman with two wings, carrying a branch in her right hand and an epi in her left hand, and the constellation of Libra. Engraving from Camille Flammarion's “Les étoiles et les autres curiosites du ciel”, 1882. / Bridgeman Images
MAJ5031824: The constellation of Hydra, with a Curbeau that tingled it and a Cup of Balancing, originated from the myth of Apollo who had sent a crow with a cup full of water to make a sacrifice to Jupiter. Below the Hydre, the French astronomer Lalande (1732-1807) drew a Cat (felis) and Lacaille (1713-1762) a scientific apparatus, a Pneumatic Machine. Engraving from Camille Flammarion's “Les étoiles et les autres curiosites du ciel”, 1882. / Bridgeman Images