I don’t know if it was intentional but the cover to this week’s Storm & the Brotherhood reminded me of the ‘Sibyl Agrippina’ by Jan van den Hoecke.

This 1630s painting depicts an Oracle from Thebes, one of 12, who foretold Jesus’ arrival & death, with a whip and crown in hand.

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https://t.co/mc1XLMqoK9 is inspired by Jacob Marrel.

A still life painter of the Dutch Golden Age, Marrel was active at the height of Tulip Mania in the 1630s.

A gifted artist, he hustled tulips the year history's first speculative bubble popped, 1637.

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Amongst artists The Magdalene inspired fascination as an image of an outsider. Here’s Reni’s images of the former prostitute seeking spiritual enlightenment from the 1630s. They reflect an artist apparently struggling with the church’s teachings on sexuality

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Born in 1601: (1601-43), King of France

Portrait by (1590-1649), 1630s

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2/2 Woman playing the virginal, accompanied by two children and one monkey. Their harmony is about to be interrupted by man at the door. Painted in the 1630s by Jan Miense Molenaer.

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2/2 Cydippe with Acontius's apple. And Ariadne, lonely and miserable in the 1630s. Paulus Bor, selecting antique legend's most unhappy females to paint.

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Adriaen van Ostade, Peasants Carousing in a Barn, late 1630s https://t.co/4Orv9ot7p2

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Amongst artists The Magdalene inspired fascination as an image of an outsider. Here’s Reni’s images of the former prostitute seeking spiritual enlightenment from the 1630s. They reflect an artist apparently struggling with the church’s teachings on sexuality

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Born in 1590: French painter (1590-1649)

Portrait of King of France, between two female figures symbolizing France and Navarre, ca. 1630s

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