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Gerrit Pietersz., Dutch, 1566 - 1612.
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1608.
(The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Endymion Porter and Anthony van Dyck
By Anthony van Dyck, c. 1633
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
Porter, courtier art dealer & collector for Charles I along with his protégé Van Dyck. Rare to see a portrait of a patron & an artist, done by the latter.
12 Aug 1642: Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, sent to the Tower #otd by the House of Lords on suspicion of complicity in a plot to deliver Portsmouth into the King's hands (British Museum)
Feasts of the Month of August
c. 1640 - 1660
Nicolas Picart
(British Museum)
On her feast day, a late 15th century German image of St. Clare of Assisi
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
On her feast day #otd 11 Aug St Francis clothing St Clare with the habit, attributed to Domenico Morone, Verona, early 16th century.
(V&A Museum, London)
Democritus (the laughing philosopher) and Heraclitus (the weeping philosopher)
c. 1650–60
Wenceslaus Hollar
You could buy your emo philosopher poster at the White Horse near the Fountain Tavern without Newgate #London
(Met Museum)
10 Aug 1589, the Siege of Nijmegen #otd as depicted c. 1681.
(British Museum)
Jacob Jordaens, Self-Portrait with Parents, Brothers, and Sisters c. 1615..... and some celestial beings into the bargain.
(The Hermitage Museum)