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Not my usual style (demonstrably lacking in gold details, for one thing), but sometimes a seemingly standard portrait appears so revelatory that it stops you in your tracks. ⁣ ⁣ This is Clément Marot, a French Renaissance poet at the court of King F
Fully vaccinated, in a process slightly less traumatic than the individual in this image from a 13th-century French manuscript is undergoing 😳⁣ ⁣ As those of you who’ve been here for a little while know, I caught Covid last March and am one of
Details from a portrait of the Marchioness of Mantua, Isabella d’Este, painted by Titian, c.1534-36 💥⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Today’s research involves d'Este, one of the leading figures of the Italian Renaissance and a woman internationally renowned for h
#Cluttercore is an apparent TikTok aesthetic this almost-30-year-old has just discovered and can evidently get behind 😅
A welcome thought after a wet weekend in the strangest of times: celestial flowers flecked with gold-leaf, by Irish-born Phoebe Anna Traquair, a leading figure within the Scottish Arts and Crafts movement 🥀⁣ ⁣ Her works included large-scale murals,
A Knight in Armour in the City of London, from the exquisite 17th-century ‘Album Amicorum’, or ‘Friendship Album’, of Michael van Meer 🛡⁣ ⁣ These types of record are amongst my favourites: meticulous sketches and whimsical wa
Joy of all joys writing this essay on @mnight’s @oldthemovie, @natalieejames’ @relicmovie, and society’s fear of ageing females, for the gorgeously gory @thefinalgirlsuk 👵🏼⁣ ⁣ “For thousands of years human beings have sought
If my gown doesn’t match my carpet and walls I don’t want it: wearable interiors in the Grandes Chroniques de France (1460) ✨⁣ ⁣ 📸 @gallicabnf
Friday frills: Twenty-nine-year-old Petronella Buys, jewels in her hair and an exceptionally good ruff at her throat, sits in 1635 for the prominent painter, Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the most prolific proponents of the Dutch Golden Age of art 💫⁣ ⁣