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Historian. Academic. Lover of archives, dead friars, old buildings and anything before 1700. Tweeting in personal capacity.

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Gloomy Day (Early Spring),
Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565

(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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2020-11-17

The Artist in His Studio

Ruprecht Bartz , 1636

(Met Museum)

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2020-11-16

15 Nov 1661: 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 friend Henrik Jordis.

She's left her gloves, fan & shawl nearby.

(Rijksmuseum)

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2020-11-15

The Virginal Player, Jan Miense Molenaer, 1630 - 1640

(Rijksmuseum)

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2020-11-13

13 Nov: feast of Diego or Didacus of Alcalá, Franciscan missionary in the Canaries . He died on 12 Nov 1463.

This 16th century automaton is possibly the one made by Juanelo Turriano at the court of Charles V in the likeness of the saint.

(Smithsonian Museum)

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2020-11-13

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)

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2020-11-11

Three miniatures of Henrietta Maria by John Hoskins, 1589/90-1664 from the Rijksmuseum.

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2020-11-08

6 Nov 1612: d. Henry Frederick Setwart Prince of - making Charles (I) heir to thrones of &

His death unleashed huge scenes of public grief

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2020-11-06

Interior of a church by Anthonie van Borssom, c. 1644-1677
A man and a woman speak with a Capuchin friar, while two other Capuchins walk in the background.

(British Museum)

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2020-11-05

5 Nov 1688 William III lands with fleet at Brixham & about 15,000 troops

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2020-11-05