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Allegory of water, personified by Venus, part of an album by Adriaen Collaert, after Maerten de Vos, ca. 1580.
Rijksmuseum -- pdimagearchive.org --Public domain
#Art #Venus #Allegory #AdriaenCollaert #MaertenDeVos #Engraving #Print #FlemishArt #16thCenturyArt
Santi di Tito --Vision of St Thomas Aquinas -- 1593 -- Oil on panel -- San Marco, Florence
If I ever get to Florence again, this will be on my my Must See list.
#Art #Painting #ItalianArt #FlorentineArt #SantiDiTito #VisionOfStThomasAquinas #16thCenturyArt #Countermannerism
🖼️ Ah, another pretentious puff piece about #Holbein, because apparently the world was just begging for another book review on 16th-century paintings 🤔. Isn't it just adorable how they think we all have endless time to pore over Tudor trivia 📚?
https://literaryreview.co.uk/varnish-virtue #BookReview #16thCenturyArt #TudorTrivia #PretentiousPuffPiece #ArtCritique #HackerNews #ngated
Delving into the captivating brushwork of Gillis van Breen's Vogelkoper. The details draw you into a 16th century world of bird-trading. What's the modern equivalent you ask?
#Rijksmuseum #ArtHistory #GillisVanBreen #16thcenturyArt
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-1884-A-7926
Revel in the mystical ambiance of "Krokodil in de regen" by Theodor de Bry, 1596. #Rijksmuseum. Appreciate the exquisite creativity infused within intricate details. Isn't it astounding how art transcends time?
#artlovers #rijksmuseum #16thCenturyArt #The
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-OB-31.406
Discovering the whimsical Krokodil in de Regen by Theodor de Bry, 1596, housed #Rijksmuseum. A stunning narrative captured! #ArtLovers, what story does it tell you?
#Rijksmuseum #TheodorDeBry #16thCenturyArt
https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/RP-P-OB-31.406
17 March is St Gertrude's Day.
Here she is, #spinning and surrounded by #rats in a detail from the Hours of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, painted by Simon Bening, c1523.
#otd
#onthisday
#bookofhours
#simonbening
#illuminatedmanuscript
#manuscript
#renaissance
#distaff
#spindle
#16thCentury
#16thcenturyart
#stgertrude
#history
#histodon
#histodons
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