Allison MacDuffee

What a lovely day!

I should know better but if anyone at #aas2026 spots this on @uchicagopress.bsky.social stand could they snap me a picture? I'd be childishly pleased. Thanks so much.

Very nice, but I wish the monument took the shape of a book.

Always good to see this when I’m in Ely: the tomb of Bishop John Moore (1646-1714), whose great collection of rare books and manuscripts - perhaps the greatest English private library of the 17c - was purchased for George I and presented to @theul.bsky.social as The Royal Library.

73°? Yes, please. Every day
#Spike #Tuesday #Dogsofbluesky

A beautiful, blossom-filled spring day here in sunny Cambridgeshire 🥰

The Seine near Vetheuil, Stormy Weather - 1878
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/9022

10 Mar 1488: Henry VII appoints representatives to negotiate (a marriage treaty) with Castile & Aragon #otd (npg) #succession

Madonna & Child,
c. 1450-1500
Donatello

(Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Skulpturensammlung and Museum für Byzantinische Kunst / Antje Voigt)

The same necklace!

Born on this day in 1503, Ferdinand, son of Joanna of Castile & Archduke Philip the Handsome. Holy Roman Emperor & King of lots of places. Here in c. 1510 before all the titles.

Wishing you all a peaceful night with ‘The Snowdrop Moon’ by The Glittering Fox. Sweet dreams, everyone 🖤🦊

‘Books are a uniquely portable magic.’
—Stephen King

Always fun to unexpectly see a friend cited in research. Is this the academic equivalent of your sports team scoring? I feel like cheering

Surprise your mum with a gift that brings history to life - the Tudor Places Taster Bundle. Featuring the latest three beautifully crafted issues, this special collection is filled with captivating stories, rich history and stunning photography.

2/2 The famed collection of Cornelis van der Geest, featuring a visit from the rulers of The Netherlands & from me! That's my Battle of the Amazons hanging over by the window.

Annibale Carracci Should Be as Famous as Rembrandt van Rijn Maybe we can give Rembrandt a rest, and spare an exhibition or two for the Italian Old Master Annibale Carracci.

Some rare love for the inventor of Baroque art, Annibale Carracci

It was that kind of party: everybody had to act out one of the five senses and she got stuck doing touch w/ the most annoying man in the room. An evening w/ Louis de Caullery, whose day is today.

Restoring a painting is one of life’s great pleasures An effervescent hunt scene by Rubens is set to spring into life, thanks to experts at Dresden’s Gemäldegalerie

I wrote this about art restoration for the FT. www.ft.com/content/bfa0...

A single-storey arcaed pavilion casts its reflection in a large, square pool in a landscape. Stamp of Pakistan in red.

Thatched cottage in landscape with massive grey rocks, stamp of Poland.

Pleasant landscapes for the letter "P" in stamps.
Pakistan, View of Shalimar Gardens, 1964
Poland, 1972.
#AtoX

A Pleasant afternoon to you all. It’s the letter P in the a-z of Landscapes on Stamps. Here are my Picks, Please share yours too.

Pakistan 🇵🇰
Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳

#stampcollecting #philately #stamps

Dublin
My own spectral presence

Today's artist w/out a (known) birthday: Louis de Caullery, Flemish painter of elegant places & people. Here, dance in a garden, to celebrate his day.

So pretty here in Toronto!

A white and orange cat stretched out in a crescent shape on a red orange and black kilim rug

I interrupted rug-rolling time.

Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age | Artnet News At the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, a new exhibition uncovers a long-forgotten 17th-century creative economy.

Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age
At the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, a new exhibition uncovers a long-forgotten 17th-century creative economy.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
news.artnet.com/art-world/me...

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.

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

(Albertina, Vienna)

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

(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)

amazing! (h/t @periodeye.bsky.social)
worth registering to be able to vote for it