John McCaffertyさんのイラストまとめ

Tableau of the Glorification of Agriculture, done for the entrance of Archduke Albert & Archduchess Isabella to #Antwerp in 1599. Jupiter surrounded by personifications of agriculture. At top Abundance feeds a multitude of children. A little dog does what it has to (Rijksmuseum)

Hazelnut [Corylus avellane] with a jaybird, Book of Flower Studies c. 1510-15, Master of Claude de France (Met Museum)

12 May 1562: Ecclesiastical High Commission declares the clandestine marriage of Katherine Grey & Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford null #otd. She remained imprisoned till her death in 1568 due to her claims to the throne (Sotheby's)

Pilgrims for the Holy Year 1575, Giovanni Battista de'Cavalieri, in or after 1575 (Rijksmuseum)
The 'new' St Peter's rises up behind the 'old' here.

View of Olinda, Brazil, Frans Jansz. Post, 1662 (Rijksmuseum)

Olinda Cathedral was severely damaged when the Dutch conquered the region from the Portuguese in the 1630s.

9 May 1618: John Overall receives the congé d'élire as bishop of #Norwich #otd (NPG) He had questioned double predestination during the Hampton Court conference at the start of the reign of James I

9 May 1671:Disguised as a clergyman Col. Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of #London #otd (BM)

Charles I (1600–1649), King of England
1629 by Daniël Mijtens (Met Museum)

9 May 1679: Bl. Thomas Pickering #Benedictine hanged, drawn, quartered at Tyburn #otd as part of the 'Popish Plot'

Dark Mullein [Verbascum Nigrum] with a dragonfly, Book of Flower Studies c. 1510-15, Master of Claude de France (Met Museum)