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Outdoor hospitality from the 17th century or
Company on a terrace, Gesina ter Borch, 1660 - 1661
She was born #otd 15 Nov 1631.
(Rijksmuseum)
Saint Anthony of Padua
El Greco [Domenikos Theotokopoulos], c. 1580
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
15 Nov 1661, #otd a woman carves into a tree. It's probably the artist Gesina Ter Borch herself who scratches her motto "Virtue Makes Beauty" into the bark, with a reference to her sweetheart, Henrik Jordis.
She's left her gloves, fan & shawl nearby.
(Rijksmuseum)
13 Nov 1643: Charles I appoints James Butler Earl of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland #otd He was sworn in on 21 Jan 1644 (NPG)
#Cats fighting in a larder, 1630-1640
by Paul de Vos
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
Far from pretty, this.
Portrait of a man [who may be Christophle le More, archer in the service of Charles V at Brussels]
by Jan Jansz Mostaert, c. 1525 - c. 1530
(Rijksmuseum)
Woman with lap #dog, 1575/1600. Unknown artist.
(Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD)
Going to opt for a loose translation here:
'What you see is what you get, manners-wise'
Lazarus and the Rich Man, c. 1550.
Jacopo Bassano
(The Cleveland Museum of Art)
The dog likes his sores.
Painted glass panel with enamel paints and silver stain. Depicting a butcher or cattle dealer & his wife: Hans Jerg Daubenberger von Eychstett & Anna Gerber.
Possibly from the Lingg workshop. Alsace, dated 1634.
(V&A Museum, London)