Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 4hWeekend's coming up so get ready to make merry with Jan Massys of Antwerp and his elegant friends, who are celebrating his day. 4465
Edward A. Rueda @mredwardrueda.bsky.social · 3hThe Ancestry DNA update is jaw-dropping, esp. for my Colombian side. It's emotional to see DNA links with 8 African peoples in "Igboland" and "Ghana/Western Togo." Proud to see Basque & Canarios get their due! "Mizrahi" is intriguing, England's a mystery. This layout's cute, just wish it wasn't AI. 010
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Filippo Lippi's wonderfully strange double portrait, 1440. He's not looking at her but into the empty space behind her. Her sleeve spells Faithful - but to whom? Great enigmas on Lippi's day. 212722
Reposted by Edward A. Ruedabryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 100140604640
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaChapps @chapps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026These two 1st-2nd c. CE Roman marble theatrical masks represent comedy and Melpomene, muse of tragic theater. They were discovered in the peristyle of a ruined Roman villa of La Estación in Antequera, Spain. Note the little face of the actor behind the large open mouth of the comedy mask! 😆 🏺 📸 me 38023
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In a lush landscape, beautiful demons have come to tempt Saint Anthony with an apple. By Joachim Patinir with help on the demonic ladies from Quinten Metsys, 1520s. 38310
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Died (alas!) on this day in 1524, in Antwerp, Joachim Patinir, who basically invented landscape painting as an independent subject. Another big score for Antwerp! Here drawn by his friend Albrecht Dürer. 310015
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The London Bach: composer Johann Christian Bach with sheet of music; painted in 1776, by his friend Gainsborough: with sparkle of silver tassels on brown coat, blue & silver silk waistcoat, & diamond ring; ruffled white lace cravat & cuffs loosely brushed in impasto. National Portrait Gallery London 2507
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaVincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Habsburg Netherlands and her nephew - young - Emperor Charles V at her palace in Mechelen. Hof van Busleyden, Mechelen, Belgium. 0212
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Morning. Nero, Emily Brontë, 1841. 113825
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Today's artist w/out a known birthday: Luis Egidio Meléndez, brilliant still-life painter from Madrid. Also quite able in other areas, as displayed in his self-portrait w/ an academic drawing, 1747. Plus Historical Hottie du jour. 223036
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, being handsome & elusive & melancholy in 1610. Miniature by Isaac Oliver, who died OTD in 1617. 212321
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaRachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Goodnight. From Le Livre et le vraye hystoire du bon roy Alixandre, France, 1420. #Gothtober 214026
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Lady costumed for the masque, as a rather racy Flora. Painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver. Today is his day. 49212
Edward A. Rueda @mredwardrueda.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I never stopped to think what a "gamut" actually was. Great thread: 072
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes, it's familiar. Copy (of sorts) of the deesis from Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece, painted in 1525 by the ever-entertaining Jan Gossaert, whose day is today. 0578
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Frescoed spiral staircase: Scala Regia of Villa Farnese (Caprarola) 1559-1573, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, great Italian Mannerist architect, assistant to Michelangelo. His two publications on classical orders & practical perspective, helped define classical canon. Polo Museale del Lazio 18117
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Beckford’s Folly: Fonthill Abbey ‘desert of magnificence’ built for William Beckford, ‘England’s richest commoner’ (1760-1844), whose art collection included Bellini's Doge Loredan 1501, Raphael's St Catherine c 1507. National Gallery London | JMW Turner, Watercolour of Fonthill 1799, Bolton Museum 1406
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Gravestone of Pompey Brenton in God's Little Acre, Newport, RI, 1772 This stone was carved by John Stevens III, who carved many portrait stones in the 1770s, including several for Black Newporters like Pompey Brenton. 1519
Edward A. Rueda @mredwardrueda.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Behold the future while beholding the past: 000
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 30/09/2026St Jerome in his study 1474, by Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina 1430-1479. Doctor of Church, known for translation of Bible into Latin (Vulgate), St Jerome sits amidst books, birds & plants; his lion (right) & verdant views beyond. #InternationalTranslationDay National Gallery London 1368
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Imitate Christ. And collect sea shells! I’m sure that's the lesson here from Carstiaen Luyckx, on his day. 0558
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 28/09/20262/2 More snakes. And other creatures. All seeming extremely unwell. Carstian Luyckx, what was up with you? 1304
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fantastically odd still life: the world, the shells, and the snake. And can somebody explain to me the book illustration? A chaste Cimon & Pero? Why, Carstian Luyckx, why? 311514
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaSusan Abernethy @susanabernethy2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Six Fiancées of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V thefreelancehistorywriter.com/2020/09/04/t...thefreelancehistorywriter.comThe Six Fiancées of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ~ A Guest Post by Heather R. DarsieThe Freelance History Writer is pleased to welcome Heather R. Darsie to the blog with a guest article. Heather is an attorney and the author of Anna of Cleves: The King’s Beloved Sister and the adm… 051
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For this #MosaicMonday we look up into the spectacular presbytery vault of San Vitale in #Ravenna. To me, the Ravenna #mosaics are an astonishing collection, the last magnificent product of late antiquity. But whose empire does this shimmering C6 CE ceiling actually represent? #AncientBluesky 🏺 313733
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Four springer spaniels, plus hawk, just hanging out with their booty from the hunt. By Carstian Luyckx of Antwerp, whose day is today. 1535
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Animated skeleton just hanging out with his similarly dead friends and their favorite stuff in this bizarre memento mori by Carstiaen Luycks. It's his day. 315533
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaVincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#OTD in 1066, William of Normandy landed in Pevensey to start his quest for the English crown. His army also contained countless Flemings including colourful characters such as Gerbod the Fleming who became Earl of Chester. 0162
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaVincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026#OTD in 1275, Duke Jan II of Brabant and Limburg was born. In 1312, he issued the Charter of Kortenberg, a milestone in European ‘constitutional’ history. Although that text (also covered rights for the poor) went further than the English Magna Carta it is somewhat forgotten 0154
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Words embossed on the surface of Simone Martini's altarpiece. Ave Maria was never so solid. 19114
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sala del Mappamondo, Palazzo Pubblico, Siena, with magnificent Maestà (& more!) painted in 1315-20 by local genius Simone Martini. It's his day today. 18511
Edward A. Rueda @mredwardrueda.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You have to wonder how St. Anthony viewed all of this as tempting, but hey: 100
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaAnthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 26/09/2026You're no Adonis / Having you gone is the best. For #SarcophagusSaturday, a look at this stunning late-C3 BCE #Etruscan terracotta cinerary urn from #Tuscania. It depicts a high-relief sculpture of the dying #Adonis. But was the deceased really such a catch? #AncientBluesky 🏺 23311
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaArolsen Archives @arolsenarchives.bsky.social · 26/09/2026To mark the 85th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kyiv, the Arolsen Archives are making around 31,000 documents on Soviet prisoners of war available on the #everynamecounts crowdsourcing platform. Find out more: arolsen-archives.org/en/news/digi...arolsen-archives.orgDigitization for Remembrance | Arolsen ArchivesTo mark the 85th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Kyiv, the Arolsen Archives, in cooperation with the Max Weber Network Eastern Europe, are making around 31,000 documents on Soviet prisoners of war available on the #everynamecounts crowdsourcing platform. Volunteers can now transcribe names and many other personal details from these historical documents […] 0119
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaVincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026During the administration of Leopold Wilhelm, the Coudenberg Palace in Brussels was one of the finest art galleries in Europe. The man was obsessed with expanding his collection and constantly had agents scouring art markets. 051
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Portrait of a “guild boy” by the great Frans Floris of Antwerp. Today is his day. 48613
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Rijckart Aerts as Saint Luke painting... you! With v. complacent ox as footrest & A+ beard on assistant grinding pigments. Who might be a self-portrait of the great Frans Floris. Who painted this. And whose day shall be today. 2456
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026A few years later, Pieter Bruegel produced his own version of Rebel Angels’ fall. Quite cheery & humorous compared to elegant intensity of Frans Floris! 0389
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Once beautiful creatures, the rebel angels have been transformed into hideous monsters. As imagined by Frans Floris. 1427
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Beautiful, implacable angels throw their rebellious companions out of heaven to sow evil on earth. By Frans Floris for Antwerp fencers, 1554. 29217
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Portrait of a falconer, 1558. Absolutely wonderful in every way! And of course it's by the great Frans Floris of Antwerp, whose day is today. 0689
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Doing the accounts: Arithmetic, from the seven liberal arts series by Frans Floris, 1557. Hung in same home as Pieter Bruegels 12 Months series. Wish I could have visited! 0436
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaVincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Did you know young King Leopold I of the Belgians often sat hours listening to his old great-uncle prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg und Saalfeld who was a Field Marshal and had been fighting wars for more than 50 years. Josias regaled Leopold with tales about his military exploits. 0102
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaAllie Nickell @alliethinks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Colourise your family pics with AI and get extra bonus people... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory 191
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaVincenzo DM @vincenzodm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Although Charles died in Spain, he was given a lavish funeral in Brussels, the capital of his native Low Countries and place where he spent a large part of his life. An empty coffin was carried around through the streets of Brussels. 0143
Reposted by Edward A. RuedaSuitcase Genealogist @suitcasegen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Four million records of people enslaved in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad are now available on Ancestry. #genealogy #familyhistory www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...theguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 033
