Who wore it better: Elizabeth I (born on this day 1533) in the Darnley portrait, or Glenda Jackson playing Elizabeth in 1971. Tough choice!
Edward A. Rueda
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How do we find out about the everyday lives of queens? Come to my Heritage Open Days talk this Saturday 12 September at 3:30pm to find out! This is a free event-booking is advised but not required, full details in the link www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...
The Everyday Histories of Queens
In this talk by Dr Ellie Woodacre, discover the everyday lives of queens through diaries, accounts, and historical records. This talk explores the routines, relationships, and experiences behind royal...
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In “Pelican Portrait” of 1574, Elizabeth I pulls out all the stops with unbelievably elaborate outfit. You can hardly stop looking at amazing detail of each piece & layer. Happy birthday to one who knew how to accessorize.
Today in my Random Historical Research: I came across a song in the voice of Margaret of Austria's pet parrot, saying he'll pine to death while she's away 🦜💔: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FAk...
2/2 Has made a mask out of a pancake! LOLs from the Dutch Golden Age with Godfried Schalcken. It's his day today.
2/2 And sure enough, he sees a baby in her urine! One of the odder moments of Dutch uroscopy, from Godfried Schalcken.
The Royal Library in Brussels still holds the first edition of Thomas More’s Utopia (1516). Obviously the book did not have to travel far as the first set was printed in nearby Leuven by famous printer Dirk Martens.
As the #bayeuxtapestry has made its ways to the UK, here is a Flemish link: one of the cool ships depicted in the tapestry is the Mora, William the Conqueror’s flagship and a gift from his wife. Mathilda of Flanders, d. of the powerful Count Baldwin V of Flanders.
St George's Gate in Ghent in 1584, decorated for the entry of Alexander Farnese, Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands (1586-87, Van der Schelden), STAM, Ghent.
Splendid Vanitas painting with skull admiring itself in the mirror. Artist unknown, but somebody from the world of Jacques Linard, and it's his day.
The formidable Margaret, Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands. D. of an emperor and the grand Mary of Burgundy, sister of a king, aunt of two emperors and three queens (of whom she raised a few at her court in Mechelen).
#OTD in 1830, a performance of the opera ‘La Muette de Portici’ kicked off riots in Brussels and would lead to the Belgian Revolution, ending the very young United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kortrijk. Small, peaceful and quite pretty. Too many cobblestones.
Cool seal featuring Guy, Count of Flanders (1226-1305). State Archives, Kortrijk, Belgium.
#ImaginaryMuseum **Artist’s Birthday** Emmanuel Viérin, Belgian painter, June 30, 1869 – January 13, 1954 Beguinage at Kortrijk, 1932 Oil on canvas, 39 x 37 in Private Collection Visit The Imaginary Museum danieljlieberman.com
2/2 Four elements or five senses: make of it what you will. Clever games of natural knowledge and perception in 1640 by Jacques Linard. It's his day.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens@peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 5d agoInfinite variety of patterning in this fantastic collection of shells, plus deadly white and blood red coral rising up from among them, painted by Jacques Linard. Today is his day.
Having the #BayeuxTapestry in the UK just now is exciting but DID YOU KNOW that in the #Orkney Archive we have our very own tapestry which tells the story of St Magnus? It's not as old/long/historically significant as the Bayeux Tapestry but it's still well worth a visit. 🪡
I'm happy for this family, but prefer being from an under-researched family rather than one with a fire-hose of information. So many sources and data! It takes effort to ferret out every detail in my family, but better than being overwhelmed. Your thoughts? #genealogy www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Meet one of the most genealogically documented families in America
The Brooklyn family traces its roots to Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, who arrived in the New World 400 years ago. Today, descendants connect through reunions, Zoom calls and a massive genealogical database.
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2/2 Antwerp cathedral, a real building painted in 1609 by Hendrick van Steenwyck the younger. And the lively figures by my pal Jan Brueghel.
Virgin & child, celebrated by a marvelous concert of angels. At second level of the great Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald, 1515. Today is his day.
3/3 Grunewald's Isenheim Altarpiece installed in its chapel at Unterlinden Museum, Colmar. Has been disassembled so you can see all its parts, but originally, you looked at certain bits at specific times of year.
The Isenheim Altarpiece in its closed state, by Matthias Grünewald, who died OTD in 1528. A terrifying, visionary masterpiece at every level (and there are many).
The end & the beginning: Resurrection & Annunciation at second level of Grünewald's astonishing Isenheim Altarpiece, 1515. Today is his day.
Fully opened: the Isenheim Altarpiece. St. Anthony, patron of the sick, is in the center & both wings. Amazing work by Matthias Grünewald, 1515.
