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Il Papa in sedia pontificale andando in cappella, Bartolomeo Grassi, c. 1585 (Rijksmuseum).
Have severe flabella - ostrich feather fans - envy right now...
The parable of Dives [Pope] & Lazarus [Martin Luther].
Dives is kissing a nun, & Lazarus is seated lower right. Outcome is top right.
Hanns Lautensack, 1556.
(British Museum)
For balance, it might be best to add that in real life Luther did kiss an ex-nun Katharina Von Bora.
Saint Peter's Basilica #Rome (as it might have been)
dated 1517
Agostino Veneziano's copy of Bramante's design for the basilica
(Met Museum)
1 July 1555: John Bradford evangelical preacher, prebendary of St Pauls London condemned as a heretic at #Winchester & burnt #otd (BM)
Henry Capel, Lord Deputy of Ireland.
By Peter Lely
(Met Museum)
His gardens, and those of his wife Dorothy Bennet, at Kew Green became the nucleus of the Royal Botanic Gardens.
He died at Chapelizod near #Dublin on 30 May 1696 and was buried at Hadham on 8 September 1696
Rembrandt van Rijn, Abraham entertaining the Angels.
Amsterdam, c. 1656.
With some very homely (& hirsute) angels. I just love it.
(British Museum)
St. Clement Danes #London, Johannes Kip, 1682 - 1722
(Rijksmuseum)
Red lily [Lilium] and its bulb, Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)