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Fake Monks and False Envoys: To Live and Lie in the Khan’s Court

It may come as some surprise that a Mongol khan’s encampment was a pretty international place to be. When the Flemish Franciscan, William of Rubruck, arrived at Mongke Khan’s court ...

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2021-09-27

Painting at Bedtime.
Girl with a Pearl Earring.
Johannes Vermeer.

A painting everyone knows. Strictly speaking it is not a portrait but a genre piece, known as a tronie (a 'type'), in portrait form. Tronies were particularly popular in Dutch/ Flemish art in the 17th century.

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2021-09-24

Pieter van Lint (10.10.1609–1690) was a Flemish painter,Adoration of the Magi

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2021-09-21

Christ and St. John with Angels, 1620

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2021-09-17

19th century saw a revival of European styles (usually Gothic & Greek) & Flemish influence, main 19th century Edinburgh architects (like George Washington Browne) used its features in buildings.

So next time you walk in Scotland & see building that looks Dutch - now you know!

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2021-09-10

Gothic church, filled w/ Flemish society's piety and rituals. Painted in 1615 by Hendrick van Steenwyck (whose day is today) and provided w/ figures by my friend Jan Brueghel.

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2021-09-01