Thomas Willeboirts-Bosschaert. Detail from The Death of Adonis, 1642.

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'Monstra Niliaca Parei', from Aldrovandi’s History of Monsters, 1642.

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It’s about 78 miles from Plymouth Rock to this other rock in Gloucester, Massachusetts. I’ve read that Anthony Day, my great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather probably sailed from one rock to the other around 1642.https://t.co/JnkbnYGQJ2

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Guido Reni.1575-1642. Hercules on the Pyre.1617-1619. Louvre Museum.

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Carlo Dolci (1616-1686) Partie du tableau de La Vierge et l'enfant et les fleurs 1642. National gallery of London

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Isaac Newton, one of the most influential scientists of all time, was born on this day in 1642.
🎨Enoch Seeman. 1726.

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Francesco Guarino, Saint Anthony Abbot and the Centaur, 1642. According to the Golden Legend, a helpful centaur gave the saint directions.

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