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Fabulous 1753 depiction of itinerant tradesman by Marcellus Laroon - notice the spectacles! Small vision aids were widely sold in streets and diverse shops in cities like London for centuries: https://t.co/Tu5ukgALNf

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2020-05-01

on death of raadpensionaris Johan de Witt depicted as defending his nest, ca.1650 and an image of a death swan by Jan Baptist Weenix ca.1651 (!), coll. https://t.co/8VIQqiZzrl

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2020-04-21

Can close that lid in now, please? lidded ewer by Adam van Vianen c. 1614, depicted as box of by Barend Graat, c.1676, both in

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2020-04-01

What to do in Two boys singing on this wonderful painting by Abraham Bloemaert, sold at in 2013, copied by Cornelius Bloemaert and others.

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2020-03-29

Joris Hoefnagel's "Guide for Constructing the Letters f and g" from ca. 1591-1596. The owl looking at itself in a convex mirror evokes the German word Eulenspiegel (owlmirror), which means "roguish trick"! https://t.co/7eoklkeO4R

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2020-03-25

A 17thc apothecary shop. It's well known we were once the Barber Surgeons but we were also the Incorporation of Surgeon Apothecaries. Find out more about this - sometimes stormy - relationship in our digitised manuscript collections https://t.co/nRFFrujz7z?

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2020-03-10

city view changed forever: Spuipoort, c.1570, coll. and c.2018, Google street view.

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2020-02-20

the blows the air for the pipe organ on which the Cantus Diabolicus (Devilish music) is played. A man is dancing to the diabolic music and rhythm of a drum. Rome, c.1608. https://t.co/t5enKe9Tjj

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2020-02-02

Discover the cultural histories of at our Plant Summer Program in Apply by 2/28: https://t.co/j9loeCMG2X. No tuition! Housing, economy travel, weekday lunch covered.

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2020-01-29

Concerning fashion we have only a few poor man's clothes and much more rich wardrobes came to us. Luckely this extremely rare Dutch farmer's (!) cap survived harsh Dutch winters, c. 1650-1700, coll.

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2020-01-13

dog lovers beware: best jug ever. Enea Vico, c.1533 - 1567, coll. https://t.co/gJdLzlgiux

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2020-01-07

Totally, totally weird image: Mr Lemmengast cannot divorce from his adulterous wife due to Cath. Church, and therefore sells her together with his house, while he nailed her ear to the wall. Balthazar van den Bos after M. van Cleve (I), ca.1528-80, coll.#rijksmuseum

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2020-01-07

the "camel-man" from in different English, Dutch and German news items and various shapes. Finally caught by King William III in September at Limerick in 1690 and brought to

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2019-12-16

gable stone on former 'Bierdragershuisje' in depicting carriers, c. 1651, demolished in 1829, coll.

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2019-11-26

Very convenient: next to a shop in shopping centre Galerie du Palais, by Abraham Bosse, c. 1637 - 1638, coll.

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2019-11-24

One critical note on the Pieter de Hooch exhibition in : it was a missed opportunity not to connect the typical red bricks, floor tiles and tiles of the building with the topic of the paintings.

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2019-11-24

slipware dish with Adam, Eve and monster snake found in Enkhuizen: it looks even better when colours are inverted. C1605, coll.

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2019-11-21

One of the most beautiful slibware plates I have ever seen made in northern France or Flanders and found in Scotland, c.1612, coll.

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2019-11-18