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François l'Ollonais (c.1630-c.1669)
Born as Jean-David Nau, was a French pirate active in the Caribbean during the 1660s. He arrived in the Caribbean as a indentured servant in the 1650s, when his servitude ended in 1660 he became a buccaneer, raiding and pillaging spanish ships

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2023-04-04

PAINTING OF THE DAY: THREATENED SWAN, circa 1650 by

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2023-03-16

For two 1650s dogs, each as modish as their master from the inimitable Gesina Ter Borch

(Rijksmuseum)

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2022-08-26

1662: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond arrived to take up role Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Previously held post various times since 1643 but 1650s lived in exile with Charles II. Upon restoration Charles to throne 1660, became major figure! https://t.co/quIeRFdJkH

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2022-07-27

Lt-Gen James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (19 Oct 1610 London-21 July 1688 ).👨‍🎓. Lord Lieutenant Ireland. 1649-50 leading commander Royalist forces V Cromwellian. 1650s, exile with Charles II. Restoration; major figure! 🪦 https://t.co/quIeRFdJkH

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2022-07-21

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

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2022-06-11

Born Jan Van Goyen masterful Dutch & a pioneer of naturalistic landscape in early 17th-century Holland A landscape artist with an eye for the genre subjects of everyday life Tonal technique was much imitated His free flowing seascapes of 1650s…

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2022-01-13

1650s/60s, by (Italian, 1618-1672). Private collection; source, https://t.co/wy6MYmsFfn This painting is currently on view at in the exhibition, https://t.co/OxLW99xOL2 (closing Jan 9)

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2021-12-30

This precise and luminous painting shows a view across the river Maas touched by atmospheric evening light.

who died 1691, painted this piece in the early 1650s and is widely considered one of the finest landscape painters of the

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2021-11-16

The 1650s were difficult as his abundant spending left him heavily in debt. He was forced to sell his home & collections. Man in Golden Helmet (1650), Kitchen Maid (1651), Portrait of an Old Man (1652-4) & Portrait of an Old Jew (1654)

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2021-09-21

1662: James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond arrived to take up role Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Previously held post various times since 1643 but 1650s lived in exile with Charles II. Upon restoration Charles to throne 1660, became major figure! https://t.co/nR663QrGGJ

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2021-07-27

Lt-Gen James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond (19 Oct 1610 London-21 July 1688 ).👨‍🎓. Lord Lieutenant Ireland. 1649-50 leading commander Royalist forces V Cromwellian. 1650s in exile with Charles II. Restoration; major figure! 🪦. https://t.co/HjwUFMTSR1

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2021-07-21

Happy Introduced to England in the 1650s, tea sales of the British East India Company at the end of the — at 20m lbs. — were 400 times as much as at the beginning of the century.

From our BOTANY OF EMPIRE exhibit: https://t.co/368tP9v1Jz

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2021-05-22

A touch of Dutch for you tonight. It’s the ethereal “Moonlit Landscape with a Windmill,” by Aert van der Neer, circa early 1650s. Have a lovely night. ☺️💕

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2021-05-11

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Painting landscapes outside is a tradition that can be traced back to renowned Dutch artists like Jacob van Ruisdael, who painted this work, "Rocky Landscape" in the 1650s.

Find out more in our new course: https://t.co/aCuOsOuvQt

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2021-04-23

Trade card of John Saywell, bookseller at the sign of the Greyhound in Little Britain, London, 1650s

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2021-02-17

The 1650s were difficult as his abundant spending left him heavily in debt. He was forced to sell his home & collections. Man in Golden Helmet (1650), Kitchen Maid (1651), Portrait of an Old Man (1652-4) & Portrait of an Old Jew (1654)

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2021-01-26

Born in 1607: Dutch Painter (1607-74)

Self-portrait, 1650s

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2020-10-24

1610: Birth in Clerkenwell London Lt-Gen James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormond KG PC. Lord Lieutenant Ireland. 1649-50 leading commander Royalist forces V Cromwellian conquest. 1650s in exile with Charles II. Restoration; major figure! 🪦 https://t.co/HjwUFMTSR1

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2020-10-19