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Male and female pilgrim,
Lucas van Leyden, c. 1508

(British Museum)

11 Apr 1689: The Coronation Oath of William & Mary binds them to 'statutes in #Parliament agreed on' #otd (BM)
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Owl dressed as a pilgrim with hat and drinking bottle c. 1500-49 (Rijksmuseum)

El Greco [Domenikos Theotokopoulos]. d. #otd 7 Apr 1614.
The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist, c. 1595/1600

Look how Mary has her arm around Anne.

(National Gallery of Art, Washington)

4 Apr 1628: Commissioners are appointed (under a 33 Hen VIII law) to boost #archery #otd They paid 1s per new bow cut.

The scheme ended 1631 in a scandal.

#cashforbows

There's something quite lovely about the #nuntastic nun painted here by Gesina Ter Borch in 1657 (Rijksmuseum)

#April
The XII Mounthes of the Yeare in the Habits of Severall Nations, c. 1621/23:

This youth-full Month of April by the French
Why is it showne? is't cause they love to wench!
The suns in Taurus now, which may descry
Them given to Bulling, Hornes & Cuckoldry

(British Museum)

30 Mar 1655: Oliver Cromwell issues instructions for the 'government of that nation' - #Scotland - to 9 persons #otd (BM)

This wonderful 1652/53 depiction of washerwomen, also giving the text of their song is by the brilliant Gesina Ter Borch, 1633-1690

(Rijksmuseum)

Leonardo da Vinci
Cats, lions, and a dragon c.1517-18

(Royal Collection Trust, HM EII)