John McCafferty

Shadows wrought from railings

Merrion Square Dublin

A lot to be said for dry, blue, bright cold.

Friday 6 Mar, Dublin

This elaborate illustration of Mary and her son James (VI & I) is from Bishop John Leslie’s De origine moribus, et rebus gestis Scotorum, Rome 1578 (National Galleries of Scotland) #DynasticDesign

Watering-pot, made in the 16th century Found at Liverpool St, City of London (British Museum)

5 Mar 1580: Esmé Stewart 6th Lord of Aubigny made Earl of Lennox #otd - his uncle having been persuaded to resign. (National Galleries of Scotland)

The Goldwägerin (woman weighing gold)
Pieter de Hooch, c. 1664

(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Different)

Yes, exquisite (as they say!)

Self-portrait in a cap: laughing,

Rembrandt van Rijn, 1630 (Rijksmuseum)

Here are some early 17th century flowers painted by Clara Peeters. (Met Museum)

Laughing Bumblebee Orchid [Ophrys bombyliflora], Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610 (Rijksmuseum)

5 Mar 1597: John May Bishop of #Carlisle makes his will #otd - he was en route to arrest the seminary priest Christopher Robinson & feared being shot (Diliff)

Jan Steen The Dancing Couple, 1663 (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

It's all happening at this party.

When your baby portrait is done by Titian:

Clarissa Strozzi (1540-1581) aged two years

(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Christoph Schmidt)

5 Mar 1642: Irish rebels break off their siege of #Drogheda #otd Henry Tichborne commanded a demoralised garrison & so this development was regarded as a #Protestant triumph.

Candle mould: featuring Tudor Rose, Thistle, Harp & Fleur-de-lys, c. 1600-1640. Your 17th century royal arms #hygge . (Victoria & Albert Museum)

Maria Mater Dolorosa
Hans Holbein
1495

(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Ditemar Gunne)

Duke Anton the Good of Lorraine, aged 54.
c. 1543
Hans Holbein

It's good to be good.

(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Jörg P. Different)

Louise Moillon, 1610-1696, Still Life with Fruit, 1637 (Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum)

Jaume Huguet (circle of)
Pilgrims' Mass
c. 1450 - 1500
(Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid)

I suspect that the saint here is Homobonus, patron of Cremona, often depicted with a moneybag & noted for his frequent alms giving.

Candle snuffers, early 17th century, German (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

5 Mar 1600: Reniaulme de Ascanius #London bookseller of Venetian origin buried St Ann Blackfriars #otd Leading importer of foreign books to #London who was permitted to bring in Catholic books for use by the learned. #Booktrade (Bashereyre, St Ann's yard, 2008)

5 Mar 1597: Thomas Burgh (or Burroughs) appointed Lord Deputy of #Ireland #otd He died of typhus at Newry on 13 Oct 1597 after relieving the Blackwater Fort

Mary Neville (1524–c.1576), Lady Dacre, her pen poised, with a portrait of her first husband, Thomas Fiennes (1515–1541), 9th Lord Dacre after Hans Eworth (National Trust Images, The Vyne)

Seller of the #London Gazette, after Marcellus Laroon (I), 1688 (Rijksmuseum)

5 Mar 1582: Baptism of Lawrence Hilliard, son of Nicholas Hilliard & also a miniaturist, at St Vedast-alias-Foster, Foster Lane, Cheapside #London #otd (James VI & I - attributed to Lawrence Hilliard). He died in 1648.

Study of a laughing woman, Johann Liss, 1616 - 1619 (Rijksmuseum)

Happening one week from today! Please join Patrick Wadden, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, John McCafferty, Catherine McKenna, me, and bunch of your best Celticists friends for the virtual book launch of An Eoraip. Register at uconn-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Tyrone’s Rebellion, Hiram Morgan. For a military perspective, James O’Neill, The Nine Years War.

Thursday 5 Mar, Dublin