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In a Flemish legend a girl who refused to marry was imprisoned in a cellar. She was visited daily by two swans who helped her simply by being there. She escaped and gave the city a fortune on condition that they took care of the swans and their offspring.

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2022-02-12

In a Flemish tale a witch and a cat who lived in a tree almost always went for a walk around the village at night. If they didn't, they had met a traveller who was unaware of their existence. The witch danced in the branches while the cat dug a grave.

🎨Rackham

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2022-02-11

On the birthday 11 Feb 1466 and the death day 11 Feb 1503 of Elizabeth of York, here's 'The Family of Henry VII with St George and the Dragon' c. 1503-9.

Flemish School.

(Royal Collection Trust, HM EII)

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2022-02-11

Jan Sanders van Hemessen (4-2-1500 – c. 1566) was a Flemish painter

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2022-02-07

Copy of Battle of Anghiari, the lost painting by Leonardo da Vinci, 1603

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2022-02-06

Jan Rost (weaver) after Bronzino whose design, in turn, is after Francesco Salviati. Justice Liberating Innocence. Cosimo I de' Medici founded the Arazzeria Medicea (tapestry factory) in 1545 and hired Flemish weavers to create the tapestries. This is one of the first products,

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2022-02-05

Catherine Manners, Duchess of Buckingham, 1629

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2022-02-02

My true main sona is Poppy my Scottish Highland and my other main and also comfort sona is my Flemish Giant/Harlequin Rabbit Mix, Harlem

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2022-01-31

Diana and her Nymphs Surprised by the Fauns, 1640

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2022-01-30