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Some dogs by Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
The well-stocked kitchen, Joachim Bueckelaer, 1566 (Rijksmuseum)
The main event of the painting is not the lavish display of vegetables, fruit, meat, poultry and dishes but the visit of Jesus to Mary and Martha, discreetly depicted in the background.
Christmas rose (Helleborus niger),
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610.
(Rijksmuseum)
Witches Preparing for their Sabbath
c. 1610, Andries Stock
(Met Museum)
In the background, life goes on as usual.
Frontispiece from Thomas Sprat's "The History of the Royal Society of London"
1667
Wenceslaus Hollar
(Met Museum)
Chrysanthemum,
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
(Rijksmuseum)
3 June 1654 ns: d. Alethea Howard, 14th Baroness Talbot, 17th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, 13th Baroness Furnivall, Countess of Arundel, 1585-1654 in Amsterdam #otd
She was a contributor to this 1655 receipt book.
(Alte Pinakothek/U Toronto/eebo)
Red Catchfly [Silene dioica] with a dragonfly,
Book of Flower Studies
c. 1510–1515
Master of Claude de France (Met Museum)
2 June: feast St. Elmo (Erasmus), 4thC, note his entrails wrapped around a windlass #otd (BM)