23 Jan 1606: 4 days before his execution Everard Digby, Gunpowder Plotter, writes a final letter to his children including Kenelm - below. Kenelm would be a privateer , duellist & much else as well as Henrietta Maria’s representative to the Papacy in the 1640s (NPG)

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The 1640s saw a loosening of Reni’s brushwork & a more spiritual tone to his work where expression is heightened to the divine. Blessed Soul (1640-2) combines metaphysics, male nudity & emotion. Lucretia (1640-2) & Cleopatra (1640) show strong women in charge

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In the 1640s Hendrickje came into his life & would become his muse & life partner. Girl at a Window (1645), Holy Family (1645), Adoration of the Shepherds (1646) & Supper At Emmaus (1648). The latter shows he was looking at Titian (one of his favourite artists)

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In the 1640s Hendrickje came into his life & would become his muse & life partner. Girl at a Window (1645), Holy Family (1645), Adoration of the Shepherds (1646) & Supper At Emmaus (1648). The latter shows he was looking at Titian (one of his favourite artists)

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“The Resting Horseman” (1640s) by the Le Nain Brothers

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The 1640s saw a loosening of Reni’s brushwork & a more spiritual tone to his work where expression is heightened to the divine. Blessed Soul (1640-2) combines metaphysics, male nudity & emotion. Lucretia (1640-2) & Cleopatra (1640) show strong women in charge

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Day of Abraham van Beyeren, The Silver Seascape and Rough Sea (1640s-1650s).

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23 Jan 1606: 4 days before his execution Everard Digby, Gunpowder Plotter, writes a final letter to his children including Kenelm - below. Kenelm would be a privateer , duellist & much else as well as Henrietta Maria’s representative to the Papacy in the 1640s (NPG)

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1/2 La Festa dell’Immacolata. This painting is The Immaculate Conception by Sassoferrato, commissioned in Italy in the 1640s. It became a popular image in the 19th century and many copies were created across Europe. Today it is in

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In the 1640s Hendrickje came into his life & would become his muse & life partner. Girl at a Window (1645), Holy Family (1645), Adoration of the Shepherds (1646) & Supper At Emmaus (1648). The latter shows he was looking at Titian (one of his favourite artists)

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The Duke and the Harbour
The Rush Harbour is one of Irelands oldest stone built piers. Built in the 1400s by the Earls of Ormond and later refurbished by the Duke of Ormond of Rush House later Kenure Park in 1640s, head over to our Instagram for the full story

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The Rush Harbour was built by the Dukes of Ormond in early 1400s and refurbished in 1640s at the demand of their tenants, the Rush fishermen and smugglers making it one of the oldest stone built harbours in Ireland. Here is an aerial photo from 1950 and 2021 by nature shots J P.

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Day 7 of Meet Lettice Digby (c1580-1658) Baroness She defended Geashill Castle through 2 sieges in the 1640s. This letter tells the tale, in her own imperious voice; possibly written by one of her household. Signed '?F' M'.

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In the 1640s Hendrickje came into his life & would become his muse & life partner. Girl at a Window (1645), Holy Family (1645), Adoration of the Shepherds (1646) & Supper At Emmaus (1648). The latter shows he was looking at Titian (one of his favourite artists)

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V is for Valletta, capital city of Malta. This map probably dates from the late 1630s / early 1640s & is part of a volume of C17th European town plans.
📁 WO 78/5816, f 255 https://t.co/ADs9CwLFyv

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The 1640s saw a loosening of Reni’s brushwork & a more spiritual tone to his work where expression is heightened to the divine. Blessed Soul (1640-2) combines metaphysics, male nudity & emotion. Lucretia (1640-2) & Cleopatra (1640) show strong women in charge

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First up, our good friend Lucy Hutchinson. Lucy wrote a memoir of her life at the Castle during the Civil War in the 1640s. However, the book wasn't published until 1806 - 132 years after her death. We promise you though, it was worth the wait

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3/3 Chickens in the barnyard: picturesque scene from the 1640s by Isaac van Ostade of Haarlem, whose day is today.

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15 Apr: feast of Hunna, an aristocrat saint who is patron of laundresses, who died in 679 and was canonized in 1520. Here then, for her feast day, are some washerwomen by Gesina Ter Borch, 1640s (Rijksmuseum)

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In Rome he worked with Poussin for 4 years. The influence of his master on him was profound - as were the influences of Italian artists working in the city such as Guercino & the Carracci. Death of Cato (1646), Martyrdom of S Andrew (1646-7) & Descent from the Cross (1640s)

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