John McCafferty

Dublin
My own spectral presence

"A flaminco" [flamingo]

John White, c. 1585-1593.

(British Museum)

The Victory of Truth over Heresy
Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1625 (Museo Nacional del Prado)

Triumph of the Unicorn
Jean Duvet, Langres, c. 1545-1560 (Albertina, Vienna)

9 Mar 1649: At his execution #otd Henry Rich, First Earl of Holland makes a long speech protesting his lifelong devotion to #parliament, the #Protestant religion & the principles of honour (The Captain Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Collection)

An Italian made medal of Sultan Süleyman I 'The Magnificent' c. 1525 (Met Museum)

9 Mar 1582: William Morgan maker of the first full translation of the #Bible 1588 into #Welsh #Cymraeg (NLW) appointed chaplain to Richard Davies, Bishop of St. Davids #otd

Edward, Prince Palatine Nathaniel Thach, c. 1651 Eighth child of Frederick V and Elizabeth of Bohemia; he became a Catholic in 1645 in order to marry Anne of Gonzaga. (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

9 Mar 1576: Walter Devereux 1st Earl of #Essex reappointed Earl Marshal of #Ireland by Elizabeth I #otd Died on 22 Sept 1576, aged 35, probably of dysentery at #Dublin Castle, having fallen ill at his welcome banquet earlier in the month.

Workshop of Giulio Romano
A Mermaid Feeding her Young c. 1520-40.

This unusual painting was bought by Charles I from the Gonzaga collection & was recorded over the door in the Breakfast Chamber at Whitehall in 1639. (Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

Follower of Cornelis Massys Landscape c.1550
For a little Flemish serenity right now.

(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

9 Mar 1568: b. Aloysius Gonzaga #otd #Jesuit & aristocrat.
He died in 1591 tending to plague victims in #Rome

The Vocation of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga c. 1650 Guercino (Met Museum)

9 Mar 1579: Nicholas Bacon, popular & former Lord Keeper, father of the more famous Francis, is buried in St Pauls London #otd (NPG)

9 Mar 1634: Theodoor Van Dyck, brother to the more famous #artist Anthony, and chaplain to Queen Henrietta Maria, leaves her service #otd & returns to #Antwerp (NPG)

Suleyman the Magnificent
Monogrammist AA, Italy, 1526 (Albertina, Vienna)

Three dogs and a cat
Master of the Berlin Passion, c. 1450-1475

(Albertina, Vienna)

Two 15th century European images of #elephants and then two early 16th century ones. (Albertina, Vienna)

James II depicted dressed as a Jesuit, Unknown artist, during or after 1688 "Mais un Orange a tout gâté" (British Museum)

An unidentified woman with a cat c. 1690

(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Three studies of St Francis of Assisi, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

(Royal Collection trust, HM CIII)

9 Mar feast of St. Bosa Bishop of York, monk of Whitby, d. 706 #otd (British Museum)

9 Mar 1566: The murder of John Black #Dominican in #Edinburgh, on the same night #otd as David Riccio Mary Queen of #Scots secretary - the two incidents may well have been linked

Federico Zuccaro, View of St Peter's, 1603 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles) The new basilica's dome is complete. At left, old facade of St Peter's. Centre the 1462 benediction loggia. Bastion for the papal guard & statues of SS Peter & Paul, 1400s, on the staircase. #Rome

London from the top of Arundel House, 1643, by Wenceslaus Hollar. I particularly like #London Bridge and the men admiring the panorama (Met Museum)

9 Mar 1566: Stabbing to death of David Riccio, Mary Queen of Scots' secretary by leading #Scots lords (NGS) The deed happened in Mary's presence #otd

This is the elephant Mahabir Deb, presented to the emperor Shah Jahan by 'Adil Khan.

This elephant was worth 60,000 rupees.
c. 1630

(V&A Museum, London)

Michel Sittow, Portrait of Diego de Guevara (?), c. 1515/1518

Almost certainly one part of a diptych with Madonna and Child, so that is what is holding his gaze so intently.

(National Gallery of Art, Washington)

Brush with a rosewood back, inlaid with mother-of-pearl and copper. A tulip on a straight stem and a rosette. Northern Netherlands, c.1600-1699. A lovely personal object. (Rijksmuseum)

9 Mar 1540: A commission investigating the Pale of #Calais reports on 13 'heretics' there #otd - 5 were protégées of Thomas Cromwell. This was very bad news for him.

The Holy Family with Saint Mary Magdalen ca. 1495–1500

Andrea Mantegna (Met Museum)