Tag Archives: 16th Century

1551: The Harrowing of Hell

Posted on September 23, 2017 by corvusfugit

Pieter van der Heyden: The Descent of Christ into Limbo (1551) In the Christian tradition, between his death on the cross and the resurrection Christ descended into Hell to rescue the souls of the righteous who lived before him and … Continue reading →

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2012: David’s Bow

Posted on September 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

Taha Alkan: David’s Bow (2012) (source)

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1565: Portrait of a Boy

Posted on September 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sofonisba Anguissola: Portrait of a Boy at the Spanish Court (1565-1570); formerly attributed—as were many of Anguissola’s works—to Alonso Sanchez Coello

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1912: Magnets for the Queen

Posted on September 6, 2017 by corvusfugit

Ernest Board: William Gilbert Demonstrating the Magnet before Queen Elizabeth, 1598 (1912)

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1489: Versions

Posted on August 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Leonardo da Vinci: Lady with an Ermine [Cecilia Galleran] (1489–1490) Awol Erizku: Lady with a Pitbull (2009) Hans Holbein: Portrait of a Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling [probably Anne Lovell] (c. 1526-28) Frida Khalo: Self-Portrait with … Continue reading →

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1561: Something Else

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

In the morning of April 14, 1561, at daybreak, between 4 and 5 a.m., a dreadful apparition occurred on the sun, and then this was seen in Nuremberg in the city, before the gates and in the country – by … Continue reading →

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1531: Codex

Posted on August 20, 2017 by corvusfugit

The Huexotzinco Codex is an eight-sheet document on amatl, a pre-European paper made in Mesoamerica. It is part of the testimony in a legal case against representatives of the colonial government in Mexico, ten years after the Spanish conquest in … Continue reading →