Did you catch the eclipse this morning? This rare event caused fleeting darkness in parts of South America. The same phenomenon can be seen in this painting from 1571. Artist Antoine Caron painted this work at the court of Catherine de Medici, queen of France. Like many rulers of the time, she was extremely superstitious and fascinated by astronomical phenomena, often seeing eclipses and natural disasters as foreboding omens. #Eclipse #Medici #Sun #moon