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Two late16th/17th century depictions of the sense of smell.
One somewhat more pleasant than the other.
(Rijksmuseum)
The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin
before 1402
Attributed to Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)
(Met Museum)
The rich man's deathbed, 1550-1574.
Unknown artist, Rijksmuseum.
A demon flatulent with hellfire is coming for his soul & has, it seems, the writ to take it.
Cats fighting in a larder,
Paul de Vos, c. 1630-40
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
The Painter's Family
Jacques Jordaens, c. 1621-22
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
Jordaens portrays himself with his wife Catharina van Noort and their first child Elizabeth, born #otd 26 June 1617. The unidentified women in the centre is possibly a servant.
25 June 1529: At #Barcelona, Eustache Chapuys receives his ambassadorial instructions #otd By 1 Sept he was in #London
Wallflower [Erysimum cheiri],
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
Pendant in the form of a ferret
16th century
Northern European (Met Museum)
24 june 1616: b. Ferdinand Bol #artist at #Amsterdam #otd Godfrey Kneller, influential court painter, was his pupil