14 April 1655 General Venables landed Protectorate troops west of Santo Domingo, as part of Cromwell's 'Western Design' to seize Spanish Hispaniola (Haiti). The poorly planned and conceived expedition was a disaster, denting the regime's confidence.

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発見:1655年3月25日

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Celebrating with a detail from a favourite painting 📚 Per 270.66, Iskandar marries Roshanak, painted by Mu ‘in Musavvir, Shahnama, Isfahan, 1066/ 1655

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➤ Las dedicaron en 2020 una gran exposición dedicada a la pintora barroca, Giovanna Garzoni y toda su variada y original producción siempre llena de tonos divertidos y vitales.
➤ “Plato chino con alcachofas, rosas y fresas”, Giovanna Garzoni, 1655-62
🧶 /FIN

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College of Animals, Cornelius Saftleven, 1655

A satire on contemporary academic life.

Among other things, Amadis of Gaul appears to be on the reading list.

(Dallas Museum of Art)

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«La Vidriera mejor
en sus brazos de cristal
entra al Sol hoy celestial
en la Capilla mayor,
a cuyo resplandor,
sin que más luz espere
Simeón, Fénix arde, y Cisne muere.» Góngora

Cornelis Schut (1597-1655): 'Purificación de la Virgen', ca. 1625, Amberes

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Country woman, Gesina ter Borch, 1655

(Rijksmuseum)

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With time Rembrandt’s technical ability continuously evolved & his genius grew. Woman Bathing (1654), Man in Armour (1655), Hendrickje (1659) & Portrait of the Artist At his Easel (1660). His self-portrait is testament to that genius

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Rembrandt’s beloved son Titus was born in 1641 but Saskia died in 1642. Titus would look after his dad & rescue him from his spendthrift ways. Titus (1655, 1656 & 1657) & Saskia (1635)

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Spanish Baroque
Mythological Painting

The Spinners or The Fable of Aracne 1655-60
Oil on canvas

🏛️ National Museum Prado, Madrid, Spain

Diego Velázquez 1599-1660 🇪🇸

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Here's an image with a similar color scheme from : Portrait of a Man, 1655 https://t.co/ivPIAEt1T1

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Salvator Rosa (1615-1673)-'river landscape with Apollo and Cumean Sibyl'-oil on canvas-ca 1655 London-Wallace collection

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店員「お客様、一応こちらのベッドは展示品でございまして…」
お客「もう!気持ちよく寝てたのに!実際に使ってみないと自分に合ってるか分かんないじゃないのよ!」

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レンブラント『ポティファルの妻に告発されるヨセフ』(1655)
参照︰旧約聖書 創世記 39章

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Winter: Fun on the Ice, c. 1655, by (Dutch, 1633-1690), who according to was baptized (Dec 13). Held at the , https://t.co/PEtnnLOjrq

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Eustache Le Sueur Drench painter-19.11.1617.----30.4.1655

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Try the Mary Queen of Scots Ornaments Craft Challenge! Info : https://t.co/fNglpnd1hL Here's our first by Amélia Dulau Beveridge and an etching of Mary (Gaywood,1655 : GLAHA 1065). Can’t wait to see what you make!

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