What is harder than painting a A depiction of a page of a burned vanitas still life with skull by master Sebastian Stoskopff, ca. 1631, coll. almost

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as tangible symbol of wealt: Tulpenbecher made by Martin Huber in 17c., coll.

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gentle warning: drink responsible. Family wealth consisted not only of money or but also of pewter household items which could be pawned or sold. Note the obsolete Dutch word

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The glass did not survive the The Bean King by Jacob Jordaens, c.1638, coll. and glass holder and broker roemer glass, coll.

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I like these kind of paintings: kind of magic atmosphere. Circle of Joachim Patinir (ca. 1480-1524), sold today at https://t.co/JgqIuV6IO6

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Female applied tile c.1675-1700, coll. w. image after drawings of Gesina ter Borch, ca,. 1660, coll. tile made in Harlingen,

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from magnificent medieval castle Slot op den Hoef, Egmond aan den Hoef, Bergen, connected to the origin myth of the duchy of Gelre that was recorded in a chronicle, c.1465.
https://t.co/bdKGqGMCiK

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Extremely rare richly decorated swaddling band to swaddle a coll. and examples of swaddled coll.

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How to write without looking at your paper and not spoil the expensive carpet. Jacob van Wassenaer next to on his writing desk, (1649-1707) by Willem van Mieris, (1662 - 1747), ca. 1690, coll.

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Interesting fountain Maria van Reigersberg (1628-73) w. son Willem van Liere (1653-1706) and daughter Jacoba van Liere (1652-1693) by Adriaen Hanneman (1604-71), c. 1663, coll. https://t.co/OflaqvPkDT

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🌸🍃 Marc Chagall
“Motherhood ,1914”🍃🌸#marcchagall

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Very nice set table by Giovan Battista Cartei, ca. 1630-53, now for sale at https://t.co/4W1fLg00Ei

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One example from my lecture on at from : fround in secreet (toilet) in and handed over to Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II as described in 1622. https://t.co/Lr22VIDA8y

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Best object I have seen in treasury Sint Servaas church reliquary made from a coconut decorated in c.1693. Spot the There were even ostrich egg reliquaries!

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cover used to resole a shoe found in a channel and the same on a print of William Hogarth via for

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Dutch-Hungarian-Ottoman relation in the soil of North-Holland: earthenware dishes with Ottoman heads found in c.1605-1606, made at the end of the Fifteen Years' War against the in coll. .

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