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24 Aug 1648: Katherine 'Orinda' Fowler #writer & #translator m. Col James Philips #London #otd (BM)
The Crypt of a Church with Two Men (soldiers?) Sleeping, possibly 1625
Hendrick van Steenwijck the Younger
(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Demolition of the Citadel of Antwerp, 23 Aug 1577
(Rijksmuseum)
(Martin Van Cleve the Elder, Adam Williams Fine Art, NY)
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
23 Aug: feast of Rose of #Lima 3rd Order of St. Dominic - the first canonised saint born in the Americas (BM) #nuntastic She died 15 Aug 1617
Olive (Olea europaea),
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
The banquet of the Piacevoli hunting society 1 Aug 1627
A large display of plate at the far end, with the Medici arms above, with many serving men and dogs.
(British Museum)
A broadside on a procession of French Catholics, held in Utrecht during French occupation #otd 22 Aug 1673.
Note the flour-de-lys on the canopy over the Low Countries style monstrance.
A cleric in his study/bedroom,
Lorenzo Lotto, 1491-1556 (British Museum)
Clutter, small dog, hint of chaos. All very real.
21 Aug 1607: James VI & I grants Sir Edward Hoby exclusive rights to buy wool in Warwickshire & Staffordshire.
Hoby was a favourite of both Elizabeth I and James, and a defender of the rights of the House of Commons (NPG)