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Solomon's Seal [Polygonatum multiflorum]
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
Witches’ Sabbath
c. 1650
Cornelis Saftleven
(Art Institute Chicago)
Today 24 June is the great feast of midsummer, that of the birth of St John the Baptist.
How it started. How it went.
(Rijksmuseum)
Henry VIII’s succession on his coronation day #otd 24 June 1509, here's 'The Family of Henry VII with St George and the Dragon' c. 1503-9.
Flemish School.
(Royal Collection Trust, HM EII)
Man on a bench, viewed from behind,
Adriaen Van Ostade, c. 1670-85
(British Museum)
Bell-shaped salt
1600/1601
by "T. S.", London
(Met Museum)
This bell salt has two containers and a pepper shaker.
Salt was not an easy substance to acquire in Europe - in #England, it was obtained by the evaporation of seawater.
The Holy Family with a #Parrot
c. 1543.
Francesco Salviati
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
House party
drawn by Gesina Ter Borch on 21 Dec 1653
(Rijksmuseum)