jdmccafferty

jdmccafferty, 1 hour ago to random

Monday 20 May #Dublin

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

Oxeye Daisy [Leucanthemum vulgare], Book of Flower Studies
c. 1510–1515
Master of Claude de France (Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

Young Woman Writing or Drawing, n.d.
Attributed to Elisabetta Sirani, 1638-1665
(Art Institute Chicago)

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

Small desk with folding top or bureau brisé
c. 1685
Marquetry by Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt (Met Museum)

This desk was supplied in 1685 for use by Louis XIV in his study, or petit cabinet, in the north wing of the château de Versailles.

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

Woman with a Harp 1520–25
Sebald Beham
(Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

19 May 1436: Richard Beauchamp 13th Earl of Warwick resigns his duties as guardian to the 15 year old Henry VI #otd He’d been given the job by Henry V in the latter's will (Robin Stevenson/ NPG)

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

"The Francesca" Violin 1694 Antonio Stradivari

(Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

19 May 1649: d. Susannah Howard [née Rich] Countess of Suffolk #otd (NPG)

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to Catroventos

19 May 1499: The proxy wedding of Arthur Tudor, heir to the #English throne & Catherine of Aragon takes place at Arthur's Tickenhill Manor in Bewdley, near Worcester #otd 37 years to the day before Anne Boleyn's execution as it happened

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

19 May 1635: A French herald formally declares war on Spain at Brussels #otd - capital of the Spanish Netherlands

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to philosophy

19 May: Feast of the 2nd Century Pudentiana [Potentiana] who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities #otd

Her 4th century church in #Rome with its wonderful frescoes is today the National Church for Filipinos

(Sixtus/Sailko)

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

19 May 1637: Shah-Jahan honouring Prince Awrangzeb at his wedding #otd (Royal Collection, HM CIII)

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to Canada

19 May 1535: Jacques Cartier begins his second voyage across the #Atlantic to what is now called #Canada in a bid to find a passage to #China #otd

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to Canada

19 May 1535: Jacques Cartier begins his second voyage across the #Atlantic to what is now called #Canada in a bid to find a passage to #China #otd

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

19 May 1540: Arthur Plantagenet Viscount Lisle arrested for treasonous communications with Cardinal Pole #otd (Lambeth Palace)

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

Glass head pendant
5th century B.C.E.
Phoenician or Carthaginian

(Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

19 May 1536: Also present at Anne Boleyn's execution #otd - Thomas Cromwell and Charles Brandon (both images from NPG)

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jdmccafferty, 11 hours ago to random

The Veneration of the Eucharist, 1630s
By Jacob Jordaens, who was born #otd 19 May 1593

(National Gallery of Ireland)

jdmccafferty, 15 hours ago to random

A 17th century pest controller who carries hapless cats for sale on her belt. Or you can buy a mousetrap instead. (Rijksmuseum)

jdmccafferty, 15 hours ago to random

19 May 1579: The Palesmen agree #otd to pay the Crown £2,000 for a year in exchange for a waiver by Elizabeth I of her right to tax them in kind

jdmccafferty, 15 hours ago to london

19 May 1402: the Mayor of #London is ordered to arrest Sir Roger Clarendon for conspiracy against Henry IV #otd (NPG)

jdmccafferty, 15 hours ago to random

Catacombs, Convento dei Cappucini, Palermo
c. 1895
Eugenio Interguglielmi (Met Museum)

jdmccafferty, 15 hours ago to random

19 May 1624: Anthony Van Dyck draws this repentant ‘witch’ from the life as she is led to an Auto da Fé in #Palermo #otd (British Museum)

It took place in the square in front of the church of San Domenico.

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jdmccafferty, 15 hours ago to random

Jacob Jordaens,
Holy Family with St. Anne, c. 1617

Jordaens was born in #Antwerp #otd 19 May 1593.

(Detroit Institute of Arts)

jdmccafferty, 15 hours ago to philosophy

19 May 1529: Eustache Chapuys given his credentials as Charles V's ambassador to Henry VIII #otd His letters are a key source for understanding of Henry’s reign & the break with #Rome

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