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2/2 Great naval exuberance at the return to Amsterdam of the 2nd Dutch East Indies Expedition, 1599. As immortalized by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom.
Very cold weather in Antwerp but the skating is good & we've got a fire going on the bank for the non-skaters. By Lucas van Valckenborch, d. OTD 1597.
2/2 Archangel Michael in fierce battle with the devil. Looking rather sweet nonetheless, as (arch)angels are wont to do. Especially when painted by Antonio de Pereda.
Elegant outing on an ice-sled. Drawn by Hendrick Avercamp of Amsterdam, born on this day in 1585.
The winter intercity: sled with arms of Amsterdam & Utrecht, drawn by Hendrick Avercamp of the former city. He was born on this day in 1585.
The world: it's big, it's out there, you can become rich, and powerful, and... it's all in vain. Nothing lasts. Downer! But that's Evert Collier, who was born on this day 1642.
3/3 Waking up a sleeping friend by poking a burning candle under his nose. LOL joke that just never got old for Nicolas Regnier of Antwerp & Rome, whose day was today.
2/2 Frigid winter. Can anybody really be having fun? Jan van de Cappelle doubts it, and today is his day.
A cold, cold day in 1653 and somebody is getting ready to go skating. Painted by Jan van de Cappelle, born OTD in 1626.
3/3 Bunny, dead. Birds, mostly dead. But some alive, including a terrifying owl. Cheerful scene from Pieter Boel.