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Gorgeous from my depicting a charming Elizabethan scene. Once part of a larger quilt. Linen backing and wool batting. Gift from a dear friend.

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2019-02-27

I spy with my lil’👁: a spoiled pup (Danish,1780), a smug cat (St-Cloud,1745) & a ravenous rabbit (Chelsea,1775-76)🐕🐇🐈Charmed by the tenderness in the 1st figure: so relatable bc I once had to carry my golden retriever around when it was a puppy

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2019-02-10

Four Continents, Philips Galle, c1585-1590 (Rijksmuseum) holds a sceptre, a thurible, balm/balsam and - well, a severed head. 2 fully dressed, 1 suitably draped & 1 buck naked. Here's slides for a whole lecture on 16thC European worldviews!

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2019-02-05

French School, Male Academic Study, 19thC. From my collection. Further details on my website. Link in profile.

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2019-02-02

Mark Catesby's early 18thc ‘Natural History’, credited with being the first fully-illustrated study of North American and Catesby rejected ‘artistic’ techniques believing they compromised truth, using instead what he called ‘a Flat tho’ exact manner’

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2019-01-30

🎉🎂Joyeux anniversaire, Monsieur Manet, born in 1832. For this special occasion, I am sharing a playful pod of porpoises. That’s right, PAINTED PORPOISES🐬🐬🐬❗️ Pictured: ‘The Steamboat: Seascape with Porpoises’1868 . 🌊#19thC

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2019-01-23

"Mundus Subterraneus". Inspired by an accident in Mt. Vesuvius, 17thC explorer A.Kircher wrote the 1st book explaining geysers, & underground "lakes of fire & water". "the whole Earth is not solid but everywhere gaping, & hollowed with empty rooms and spaces, & hidden burrows.”

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2019-01-23

windows by the 1859 London firm of Saunders&Co were installed throughout Jnr’s 12thC medieval style mansion nr in 1869.

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2019-01-21

Looks like this beetle's got the reading bug. "Alphabets des Insectes," a 19thC book, pairs every letter w/ a word that's illustrated using a cast of anthropomorphized insects.

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2019-01-17

New stock art released to THC Patrons! "Serpent Dancer" - 11x17, originally ink on bristol, painted in CS6. Join now at only $3/month to receive immediate access to 48 pieces of stock art! :o https://t.co/4MeyY0hPHl

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2019-01-12

Fine 16thC Drawing after Leonardo's lost Florence"Battle of Anghiari"Fresco at Sotheby's coming NY Auction-2 Rubens rendition based on a similar 16thC Drawing at Louvre-3 Leonardo's 1504 Signed/Dated Final Studies Horse Heads & Anatomicals on his handmade Vellum sheet-4 A Detail

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2019-01-05

All hail the mighty fish - the Merovingians (5th-8thC) were fond of zoomorphic pictures in their mss. Charlotte Denoël outlines art historical trends in 8-12thC France
https://t.co/Q7xn38qxaQ
British Library, Add MS 31031, f. 55v

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2018-12-28

Realism in the late 16thc, and not that of Caravaggio. Head of a youth attributed to Agostino

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2018-12-25

This atmospheric 18thc watercolour shows the Seven Churches at Glendalough in Wicklow, Ireland, with worshipers processing by the light of torches for Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. (What's going on on the right?) https://t.co/Ooye724KOL

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2018-12-24

Two women sport girdle books in this gorgeous illuminated initial 'P' from the turn of the 15thC. Few girdle books survive (one is held by the Newberry) so much of what we know about them comes from paintings like this one. Read more in our new blog post! https://t.co/A5DKmyg7FI

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2018-12-11


おりゅんたさんのレイダー。第一回THCトップモデルのポーズを描かせていただきました。言葉もおりゅんたさんからいただいたもの。トップモデルだけあってかっこいいので、負けないように頑張りました(｀･ω･´)ゞ

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2018-11-27

Very excited that my paper on Conrad Dressler's ceramic sculptures has been accepted for 'Expanding the Ceramic Field in the Long 19thC' at the AAH 2019

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2018-11-26

Fun event last night for 'Rembrandt & Saskia: Love in Golden Age'. This rich & poignant exhibition examines 17thC courtship, marriage & widowhood thr celebrated artist & wife. Part of (350 anniversary of death)
https://t.co/jrQlYYuf0P

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2018-11-24

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2018-11-21