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The Marriage of the Virgin / Desposorios de la Virgen
Pedro Ramírez el Mozo
Mexico, 1668
20 Sept: feast of St. Eustace, one of 14 'holy helpers'; whose cult was suppressed in 1969 #otd (BM)
Veronese, The Finding of Moses, c. 1581/1582
(National Gallery of Art, Washington)
The Birth of the Virgin
1562 - 1567
Luis de Morales
(Museo Nacional del Prado)
St Francis of Assisi
Flemish School, 16th century
(Fairfax House)
A Miracle of Saint Joseph of Cupertino who died #otd 18 Sept 1663
Placido Costanzi, 1750
(Met Museum)
17 Sept 1635: Archbishop James Ussher writes to the Dean of Armagh & Professor of Greek at Basel, James Frey #otd about revenues and manuscripts, ending with this elegant phrase: "I conclude and commend your God-pleasing concerns to the Son of God".
Woman Painting a Portrait,
by Elisabetta Sirani, 1638-1665.
(The Hermitage Museum)
Hercules Sanders,
A Woman Cleaning Fish, 1647.
(Detroit Institute of Arts)
St Peter's Basilica seen from the Doria-Pamphili gardens. 1646, Claud Lorrain (British Museum)
A much more rustic Rome than today's view from the same spot.
Rus in Urbe.