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November 14
--
  `Thence they voyaged to the Moluccas, which were reached November 14.`
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“History of the Philippine Islands” by Antonio de Morga
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7001

#OnThisDay #history #books #today #random

Hmm, so #USC is in the air? Don’t know where they’re going to end up? Well, Coliseum games are always better than away games… #random #thoughts

Traveller, USC's Trojan Mascot...

Well, maybe we should just all go to Europe, Asia or Canada… #random #thoughts #FridayFeeling

Cary Grant's Wry Expression

Internet of insecure things: daily #random #shodan #screenshot
#shodansafari

title: The Gentleman's and Cabinet-Maker's Director
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/34919

Coin of Alexander I Balas of Syria
Bronze
152 BCE-145 BCE
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/185458
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Title: THE LAST SUPPER (Laatste Avondmaal)
Artist: Albrecht Dürer (mentioned on object)
Year: 1523
Technique: woodcut (process) (houtsnede, houtsnede; lijnblok met toonblok (?) in geelgroen)
Dimensions: height 213 mm x width 300 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-OB-1366--f9deb353b6a5dcda5cfb6a612a9addce
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

Dog Day Afternoon (2026-07-04)

https://musingsfromatangledmind.com/2026/07/04/guinea-pigs-pet-stores/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=indieblog.page

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title: Versailles, Groves of the Garden, the Ballroom
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/149875

Title: Composition with fine hatching against a gray background (Compositie met fijne arceringen tegen grijze achtergrond)
Artist: Guillaume Le Roy, Printshop
Year: 1966
Technique: etching, intaglio printmaking technique (etsen, plaattoon, ets met plaattoon)
Dimensions: height 768 mm x width 562 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-2010-222-1308--8fc72c8d223cb6e1d29cb74d637a49ab
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (frontal portrait of female figure in hat with headphones [Elizabeth], right page)
Colored marker on paper
1989
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/376678
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

title: Elevation of a Fountain
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/10433

Title: In the mountains (Meer in de bergen)
Artist: attributed to Richard Wilson
Year: 1720 - 1840
Technique: pen, brush (pen, penseel, rietpen en penseel in grijs op roze papier)
Dimensions: height 264 mm x width 358 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-T-1948-547--926712821f2e9e3cae06ddf5029d301d
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

#Random #Poll
Of The Day
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You are transported 100 years into the past with nothing but period clothing.

Can you make someone believe you are from the future?
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title: Walpi Pueblo
artist: Eanger Irving Couse, born Saginaw, MI 1866-died Albuquerque, NM 1936
source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
notes: Eanger Irving Couse painted this scene one year after his first trip to […]
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=33722

Untitled (two photographs: double studio portrait of man with cello; studio portrait of two toddler boys standing in front of two blocks)
Martin Schweig (20th century), American
1930-1945, printed later
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/132171
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

title: View of Florence, Plate from "Scelta di XXIV Vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della Città di Firenze"
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/24645

Maine woman charged with fatally stabbing grocery store shopper https://www.diningandcooking.com/us/87506/ #affidavit #GroceryStoreKnifeAttack #KnifeAttack #Maine #MaineDining #MaineFood #MaineGroceryStores #MaineRestaurants #murder #random #Saco #Shaws #YorkCountySuperiorCourt

Stater of Larissa
Silver
340 BCE-320 BCE
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/185285
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

Title: Glass vase with red Dahlia (Glazen vaasje met rode Dahlia)
Artist: Maurits van der Valk
Year: 1867 - 1935
Technique: pen, brush (pen, penseel, pen in grijs en penseel in kleuren op Japans papier)
Dimensions: height 314 mm x width 136 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-T-1974-92--bea5c421222b41524a10ecc04a77cbed
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

When rationality clashes with emotions (2026-09-03)

https://tracydurnell.com/2026/09/02/when-rationality-clashes-with-emotions/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=indieblog.page

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title: Trial Proof for a Flower Chintz
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/6719

Title: Portrait of Charles Bernard, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (Portret van Karel Bernhard, hertog van Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach)
Artist: Christian Pfann (mentioned on object)
Year: 1852
Technique: lithography (lithografie (techniek), lithografie)
Dimensions: height 580 mm x width 417 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-1890-A-16143--28eed6c8b1efe9705fabb98619a79bd7
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

The Letter Orders the Murder of Gonzalo Gustos and the Capture of the Infantes
Antonio Tempesta (1555 - 1630), Italian, born Florence, Italy
1612
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/236408
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

title: Tree with Two Trunks
artist: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23034

Title: Three children playing on the Snoekjesgracht, Amsterdam (Drie kinderen spelend op de Snoekjesgracht, Amsterdam)
Artist: Ed van der Elsken (eigenhandig gesigneerd)
Technique: gelatin silver print (ontwikkelgelatinezilverdruk)
Dimensions: height 197 mm x width 300 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-F-2019-298-38-14--1a78d8082372022b5c222a2cad09c2b3
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

title: Button
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/41043

Uncertain Fraction of Thasos
Silver
525 BCE-463 BCE
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/185902
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

November 13
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  `Parnell's appearance at our festival, which was held on Monday, November 13th, 1876, was a pleasing surprise to those present, who were not aware of his return from America, and this added to the intensity of the outburst of joy and enthusiastic applause which greeted him.`
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“The Life Story of an Old Rebel” by John Denvir
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16559

#OnThisDay #history #books #today #random

title: A Trattoria in the Woods
artist: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/9997

Untitled (cart with bullocks)
Willoughby Wallace Hooper (1837 - 1912), British, born London, England
c. 1860-1880
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/361112
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

Learning notes 2026-W39 (2026-09-26) by @saneef

https://saneef.com/blog/learning-notes-2026-w39/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=indieblog.page

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title: Road Leading to a Mountainous Town
artist: Carlo Marchionni, Italian, 1702–1786
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/10077

Father and Son in Classical Dress
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki (1726 - 1801), German, born Danzig, Poland
Gray ink over graphite on cream laid paper
18th century
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/362061
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

Cheap code is changing how I debug (2026-08-20)

https://weidok.al/2026/08/20/cheap-code-is-changing-how.html?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=indieblog.page

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Title: Room in Het Steen Museum in Antwerp (Zaal van museum Het Steen in Antwerpen)
Artist: attributed to Jean-Baptiste Anthony
Year: 1864 - 1909
Technique: etching, intaglio printmaking technique (etsen, plaattoon)
Dimensions: height 167 mm x width 208 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-1909-1527--da3d99bbc19d0c938e93bd0696f73abc
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

Title: River Landscape with Shepherds and Travelers with a Donkey (Rivierlandschap met herders en reizigers met ezel)
Artist: François Vivares (mentioned on object)
Technique: etching (etsen)
Dimensions: height 315 mm x width 399 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-1903-A-24047--4c5b615d926a30453c1bc7594d9b2118
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

title: Sketches from the Middle East, including the Suez Canal
artist: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/23516

Untitled (The Mecca, Chicago, Illinois)
Ben Shahn (1898 - 1969), American, born Kovno (now Kaunas), Lithuania
February 1950
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/187826
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

Title: Portrait of Francis I of France (Portret van Frans I van Frankrijk)
Artist: Gaspar Bouttats (mentioned on object)
Year: 1650 - 1695
Technique: etching, engraving (etsen, graveren (drukprocedé), gravure en ets; prent bestaat uit twee platen)
Dimensions: height 300 mm x width 184 mm x height 100 mm x width 85 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-1920-1290--a64cb5bac328c4d5c20d0d0367223fb8
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

title: Ceiling of Cabinet dedicated to Peace, Palazzo Quirinale, Rome
artist: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/63554

Small Architectural Stupa
Clay, unfired
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/209780
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

Title: Mausoleum of Hendrik Adriaen in the Dutch cemetary at Surat, Gujarat, India (Praalgraf van Hendrik Adriaen in de Nederlandse begraafplaats te Surat, Gujarat, India)
Artist: Ferry André de la Porte
Year: 1993 - 1997
Technique: photography (fotografie)
Dimensions: height 61 cm x width 51 cm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/NG-2002-25-10--d15bf08311a8c77f89cf471d6f60d54f
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

Herefordshire Week 349: Tuesday 1 – Monday 7 September 2026 (2026-09-08)

https://www.sparklytrainers.com/blog/2026/09/08/herefordshire-week-349-tuesday-1-monday-7-september-2026/?utm_source=indieblog.page&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=indieblog.page

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title: Cherubs Around a Cave
source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
notes: Research in Progress
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/24183

Title: Portrait of Caligula, Emperor of the Roman Empire (Portret van Caligula, keizer van het Romeinse Rijk)
Artist: Adriaen Collaert (mentioned on object), after design by Jan van der Straet (mentioned on object)
Year: 1587 - 1589
Technique: engraving (graveren (drukprocedé))
Dimensions: height 322 mm x width 219 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-1939-294--fa78d97b8ab1b378ee128f77b57238bc
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art

Bowl with Floral Decoration
Arita ware, Kakiemon style: porcelain with decoration in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels
18th-19th century
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/203169
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random

title: In the Plateau Country, with an Inhabited Pueblo
artist: William Henry Holmes, born Cadiz, OH 1846-died Royal Oak, MI 1933
source: Smithsonian American Art Museum
#Art #Design #Museum #Gallery #MastodonArt #MastoArt #Culture #Random
https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=10644

Get dressed up or get naked. Take a photo of yourself and print it out. Learn to love yourself as you are.
#random #naked #photo #thoughts

Title: Frieze with three busts of women surrounded by foliage (Fries met drie bustes van vrouwen omgeven door gebladerte)
Artist: Virgilius Solis (mentioned on object)
Year: 1524 - 1562
Technique: etching, engraving, intaglio printmaking technique (etsen, graveren (drukprocedé), plaattoon)
Dimensions: height 34 mm x width 170 mm

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/collectie/object/RP-P-OB-8686--24644df87c007fabf2f108dc6dda5bb3
#Rijksmuseum #musea #collection #mastodonart #mastoart #random #art