If you're not supposed to eat Jesus then why did they make him Fun Size? [Hans Burgkmair the Elder, St. Jerome, c. 1510, 41.4 x 29.3 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich]
Jesse Locker
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Professor of art history at Portland State University. Author of Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting (Yale University Press) and some other stuff. 2 parts Weltschmerz, 1 part vermouth
If you're not supposed to eat Jesus then why did they make him Fun Size? [Hans Burgkmair the Elder, St. Jerome, c. 1510, 41.4 x 29.3 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich]
Poultry seller, 1626. Fantastic work by Spanish painter Alejandro de Loarte whose day is today.
Some pretty great works in this exhibition, though Savoldo's may be my favorite
Penitent sinner or fiery saint? Mary Magdalene is one of the Bible's most divisive figures. These paintings show why
Known as the "apostle to the apostles”, the controversial and multifaceted saint Mary Magdalene is shrouded in mythology and mystery. What do these artworks reveal about her?
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Fragments of people's lives, washed up on the beach.
José de Alcibar (born Texcoco; fl. 1751–1803), Portrait of the 16-year-old María Anna Josefa de San Ignacio, painted upon entering the convent, 1793, Oil on canvas, 103.5 x 83.5 cm (Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest)
Franco Matticchio, Provviste per l'inverno (Winter Provisions), illustration for Internazionale, 2019
How to do with books, especially bibles, when you live in a material world? Well, William Hogarth of 18th century fame reminds us of the typical re-using (of bindings). In this case, the leather binding is re-used for a shoe sole. #bookhistory #booksky
Is this a good time to mention how much I hate this painting of Ed Sheeran's stupid face in the National Portrait Gallery in London?
We're thrilled to be co-sponsoring the 2026 E.H. Gombrich Lecture Series next week, 22-24 September at 6:00 pm BST, with @warburginstitute.bsky.social! Dr. Anthony Grafton of @princeton.edu will deliver this three-part lecture series on the life & controversies of Joseph Scaliger. Details below:
Aurelio Lomi, Portrait of the Dog Roldano, 1597-1604, oil on canvas (Villa del Principe, Genoa). Roldano was a present from Philip II to Genoese Prince Giovanni Andrea Doria. (And the painter, Aurelio Lomi, was Artemisia Gentileschi's uncle)
"Chi Asino va a Roma, Asino se ne toma." "If an Asse at Rome doe sojourne, An Asse he shall from thence returne" —Fynes Moryson, An itinerary: Containing His Ten Yeeres Travell Through the Twelwe Dominions (1617) [In other words, "Go to Rome an ass, come back an ass.]
From the Museum Chartaceum ("Paper Museum") commissioned by 17th-century scholar and patron Cassiano dal Pozzo: a selection of Corals, Patterned Stones, Asbestos, Fossils, Ivory, Ammonite and Hard Stone, 1620s (Windsor Castle, Royal Library)
GEMELAS: Grupo de Estudios sobre la Mujer en Europa y las Américas (pre-1900) 2026 Award Winners
I’m recruiting a Research Fellow in Early Modern Spanish Maritime History to join our ERC-funded Uncharted Maritime Worlds project at the University of Southampton. Please share with anyone who might be interested! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSW249/r...
Research Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History) 3497426AR at University of Southampton
An opportunity for an academic position as a Research Fellow (Early Modern Spanish Maritime History) 3497426AR is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openi...
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Pages from an early 19th-century children's alphabet, Marks's History of an Apple Pie, published in London between 1835 and 1857 archive.org/details/mark...
Elvis on a Rosh HaShanah card from the 1960s(?) because why not?
Master of the Blue Jeans, A Beggar Boy with a Pastry, 1680s, Oil on canvas, 86 x 71 cm (Galerie Canesso, Paris). Yes, they had jean jackets in the 17th century!
Correggio is one of most important, influential, and underrated Renaissance painters. A rare exhibition of his works, "Correggio. Movingly Human," opens in Dresden Sept. 19. gemaeldegalerie.skd.museum/en/exhibitio...
Feast of the Wine (The Procession of the Ram), Oil on canvas, 44 × 65 inches (111.8 × 165.1 cm), Philadelphia Museum of Art. Wonderfully strange painting by the 17th-century French artist known only as the Master of the Processions (Maître des Cortèges).
Christopher Nevinson, The Cat. 1900s, Aquatint and etching, 40.1 cm x 25.5 cm (The Cleveland Museum of Art)
All else aside there is nothing I want or need genAI to do for me. I like reading. I like doing research. I like playing around in spreadsheets. I like interviewing people. I like writing. I like doing these things for myself because I take pleasure in the doing and they make me a better thinker.
How many times has Satan tempted you to neglect Learning, and follow Gaming?
Centuries ahead of its time, Giovanni Battista Bracelli's "Bizzarie di Varie Figure" (1624) depicts figures made from a range of objects, mostly abstract — cubes, rings, squares — but also such things as rackets, screws, and braided hair. More here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/b...
Andrew L. von Wittkamp, Black Cat on a Chair, after 1850, Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 74.61 cm (36 1/4 x 29 3/8 in.) (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Chair of Art History at Oxford advert is now live, and the important bit is this: "We welcome applications from candidates with expertise in any area of the History of Art". You've got till October 19 to apply or tell somebody else to. A wonderful job, go for it. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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