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5 Nov: feast of Elizabeth mother of John the Baptist. Here she is abed having given birth to him (BM C. 1520)
He’s a big baby.
4 Nov 1661: A warrant is issued #otd appointing James Butler, Duke of Ormond Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (NPG)
4 Nov 1551: Mary of Guise processes through #London to banquet with Edward VI at #Westminster #otd
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Portrait of a Young Man, c. 1615
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
3 Nov 1584: d. Charles Borromeo #otd Cardinal-archbishop. Reformer, Santo subito - canonized in 1610.
St Edmund Campion visited him in Milan while on his final journey to England.
In the first image here which is at
@ushawdurham
he survives an assassination attempt.
Barbara Longhi of Ravenna, artist, 21 Sept 1552 - 23 Dec 1638.
Madonna with sleeping Christ Child
(Museo d'Arte della Città, Ravenna)
Abraham receives the three angels on the plain of Mamre. They predict that, despite her age, Sarah will have a son.
Lodovico Buti, 1590/1610
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)