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#FolkloreThursday Jonah in the New Testament a prophet sent by God on a journey to Nineveh to warn the residents of impending divine wrath. Instead Jonah boards a ship to Tarshish where he would be caught in a storm, swallowed by a whale for 3 days and regurgitated near Nineveh.

Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V on horseback at Bologna in 1530 by Jacopo Ligozzi, c. 1580 (L)

#Charles V, enthroned over his defeated enemies (from left): Suleiman, Pope Clement VII, Francis I, the Duke of Cleves, the Duke of Saxony and the Landgrave of Hesse. (R) #OTD

#OTD 1804 First #Serbian uprising against the Ottoman Empire started, with Đorđe Petrović leading the revolt. The first uprising would last until 7 October 1813 and be suppressed. However, a second uprising would start in 1815. #History

@FolkloreThurs Tristan and Iseult, a tragic tale of romance that has had a significant influence on Western art and literature. Paintings by Herbert James Draper(Left), Hughes Merle (R up), John Duncan (R lower)

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#OTD 1692 Massacre of Glencoe takes place after the Jacobite uprising of 1689-1692, where 38 unarmed MacDonalds of Glencoe were killed by troops under Robert Campbell of Glenlyon from Clan Campbel. #History #Scottish

Painting by Peter Graham,After the Massacre of Glencoe 1889

Gerrit Dou, one of the most iconic painters of the #Dutch Golden Age, died #OTD 1675. A student of Rembrandt's, he became known for his nocturnal settings with strong chiaroscuro. #art #History

The Quack Doctor, 1652 (#Dou leaning on the window), The Physician, The Silver Ewer

#OTD 1591 Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino), #Italian Baroque painter was born in the province of Ferrara. #art #History

Self Portrait (c.1635), Et in Arcadia ego (upper right) (c.1620) Samson Seized by the Philistines (1619)

@FolkloreThurs Myth of Sisyphus who had to eternally roll a colossal boulder for his crafty deceit directed at Zeus. Today Sisyphean task is one that requires large and futile volumes of work. #FolkloreThursday

Sisyphus (1548–49) by Titian, Prado Museum, Madrid

The myth of the Wild Hunt is present in the folklore of numerous European regions, from Scandinavia to Britain and Germany, with various leader such as King Arthur, Odin and King Amerdag of Denmark #FolkloreThursday

Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo with Odin in charge of the Hunt

#OTD 1517 Battle of Ridaniya, part of the Mamluk-#Ottoman war (1516–1517), is won by Selim I's Ottoman army, resulting in the collapse and annexation of the Mamluk Empire. #History

Venetian embassy to the Mamluks Governor in Damascus in 1511, by Giovanni Bellini.