Constant Readers know my feelings about leaf blowers, which I have often said should have governors in them so they can only run for 20 minutes a day. I’m adding another gripe, which is that I don’t know why “leaf blower” is two words when “lawnmower” is one. However, given that I refuse to accept […]

WendyHarris1955 posted a photo:

Waddington
stock no. 548
© 1972
card
450 pieces
53 x 43 cm
21 x 17 in

This is the third time* we've assembled a puzzle featuring a detail from a series of three frescoes housed in the Magi Chapel of the Medici Palace, Florence, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli (1420/1-1497).
Each puzzle has centred around the figure of Lorenzo the Magnificent, representing Caspar. Other Medici family members appear in the frescoes, but I've not seen any of them used as jigsaw puzzles.
A wonderful vintage (1972) Waddington puzzle on Qualitex board, in superb condition and complete.

*The others are: Art Puzzle 540pcs, possibly one of the many Ricordi incarnations, and Museums & Galleries Marketing Ltd 500 pcs.

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