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Various mushrooms, Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
Tomato [Solanum lycopersicum], Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
28 June 1650: in the early hours #otd d. John Venn, regicide (Houghton Library/ Medal of Charles I, BM)
26 June 1551: John Bale #writer ex-Carmelite & polemical #Protestant reformer is collated Rector of Bishopstoke Hampshire #otd He would be nominated bishop of Ossory on 22 Oct 1552, where he made his mark on #Kilkenny (eebo/BM)
Allegory of the Catholic Faith
c. 1670–72 (Met Museum)
Johannes Vermeer.
He converted to Catholicism before marrying - the interior with chalice, missal, crucifix, may also refer to the celebration of the Mass in "hidden churches" in private homes at this time.
Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal
c. 1665–72
Bartolomé Estebán Murillo
(Met Museum)