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In this idyllic Arcadian landscape, a group of shepherdesses sit as they watch their dancing colleague.
Painted in 1658 by #NicolaesBerchem, #TheMusicalShepherdess is one of the most charming pictures by the Dutch artist in the Collection.
@marialves53 Giovanni Agostino Cassana (1658- 5 May 1720) was an Italian painter
Born #OnThisDay in 1599: #OliverCromwell (1599-1658), #LordProtector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Miniature portrait by #SamuelCooper (1609-72), 1656
#Cromwell
Convertido ao cristianismo, ele afrontou o imperador, que mandava prender todo soldado romano cristão. Depois de torturado, Jorge teria sido executado no dia 23 de abril do ano de 303.
Obra: São Jorge a Cavalo
Autor: Mattia Preti
Ano: 1658
Francis Barlow (c.1626-1704) was Britain's first wildlife painter. This is 'Jay, Green Woodpecker, Pigeons, & Redstart' (c.1658) via @YaleBritishArt
#ArtLovers
#restiamoacasa
...l’asino indossa la veste cardinalizia, e fa ombra al gufo, simbolo di saggezza.
Salvator Rosa 🎨
Allegoria della Fortuna
1658-59
#ScriviArte
#VentagliDiParole
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A selection of woodcuts from a book entitled 'The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents', published in 1658.
Most of this three-volume compilation is comprised of the zoological works of the English clergyman Edward Topsell. More here: https://t.co/gkMFmBqWj2
16 Feb 1658: d. Robert Rich, husband of Frances Cromwell, daughter of Oliver Cromwell & Elizabeth Bouchier #otd at Whitehall
https://t.co/1yeVhUbOjg
🎼Giuseppe Torelli (1658-1709)
🎵Op.8 no.6 (Concerto à quattro in forma di Pastorale, per il Santo Natale)
📖https://t.co/FMAX8cycYT
🎨Janet McKenzie (Mary with the midwives)
📝https://t.co/zGRiDf2DOz
One art historical way to throw shade was via allegorical paintings. Here Salvator Rosa is commenting about the loss of his papal patronage through the allegory of fortune. A pig steps on a rose – a reference to himself. He was almost excommunicated!
'Allegory of Fortune', 1658
🎨 Salvator Rosa
(1615-1673)
Allegoria della Fortuna
c.1658-1659
Getty Center, Los Angeles
#DonneInArte #Allegoria
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"Arabian or Egyptian Land Crocodile", woodcut from Edward Topsell's The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents (1658), the illustrations for which all come directly from earlier works by Konrad Gesner. More here: https://t.co/lhIeKxKOmv