Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 8hDied (alas!) on this day in 1469, the not-very-friarly Fra Filippo Lippi. Great renaissance painter, & father of Filippino Lippi. Here looking at you from corner of his own Coronation of the Virgin. 210316
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 7h2/2 Really, the niche for the water flask is everything. From Lippi's Martelli Annunciation, 1440. 1431
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 7hThe truly spectacular Martelli Annunciation from the church of San Lorenzo. This one is so good -- Mary's gesture, the pure flask of water in its special little niche, the back-up angels, the arches and the space. Wow, Filippo Lippi, A+. 29021
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 5h2/2 Such a perfect profile on this far less enigmatic woman painted by Filippo Lippi. 0165
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 6hFilippo 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. 29220
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 3hFor the day of Fra Filippo Lippi of Florence, a gold-curtained Madonna from 1446 to tie back to yesterday's artist. But the rest of today won't be about gold. 0212
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 4hFra Filippo Lippi (a monk, n.b.) stricken by love for his model, as imagined by Paul Delaroche in 1822. Crazy French romantics! I'm sure it wasn't really like that. Or maybe it was. 3424
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 3hBy Fra Filippo Lippi, Madonna and Child with Two Angels, 1465. Everything about this picture is stunning but I really love the angel smiling at us! 312423
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Life of Saint Catherine on the wall at San Clemente in Rome, painted in 1430 by Masolino da Panicale. Today is his day. 111216
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Saint Jerome, resolutely penitent in his little shed despite beauties of Patiner’s landscape all around, 1515. Today is Patinir’s day. 1272
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026#OnThisDay - 5 October - in AD 578 the Eastern Emperor Justin II died. Said to have been afflicted with 'madness' in his reign's final years, his wife Sophia and adopted son, Tiberius, acted as regents from AD 574. #History 🏺 Image: British Museum (B.10404). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o... 0176
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/10/20262/2 Wonderful flaming red sky above a very distant city in Patinir's Triptych of the Hermit Saints. 0273
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026John the Baptist, Jerome, and Anthony, reunited in 1518 for the Triptych of the Hermit Saints. Gorgeous landscape! Life of a hermit doesn't seem too bad when painted by Joachim Patinir. 4787
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/10/20262/2 Best part of Patinir's painting: two gold feet on a stone. All that's left of an idol that knew it couldn't compete against Christ & so self-destructed. Sad! 1509
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Pensive Mary quietly rests and feeds her baby on the way to Egypt, before a completely amazing landscape that includes lots of thwarted idolatry & miracles! By Joachim Patinir of Antwerp, whose day is today. 211615
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Margarete Hundertpfundt wishes she were anywhere else & could take off the damned chin clout. Or that she'd been born 80 years later & painted by Isaac Oliver. But no, she is being painted by Wolf Huber in 1526. 29116
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 04/10/20264th October is the Feast of St Francis of Assisi. Here is St Francis receiving the stigmata. BL Yates Thompson 13; 'The Taymouth Hours'; 14th century; f.182r @blmedieval.bsky.social 0297
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Tucked away in the corner of the Church of Saint Nicholas, Feldkirch: the Annenaltar, 1521. Masterpiece of Wolf Huber whose day is today. 18811
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Some very ebullient grapes sizzle over the more pedestrian plums in this beautiful still life from 1762 by Luis Egidio Melendez. It's his day today. 212014
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialCooking With Lei @cookingwithlei.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Finger-lickin' Garlic Butter Shrimp! Recipe: cookingwithlei.com/garlic-butte... 0306
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Lunch time in 1772, as beautifully (and mouth-wateringly) evoked by Luis Egidio Meléndez of Madrid. It's his day today. 1899
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialweird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 28/04/2026“not to point fingers but-“ 241520319
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/20262/2 Young man under a tree in the garden, 1595. Why, on this lovely spring day, is he wearing one glove, with other on the ground beside him Only he and painter Isaac Oliver know for sure. 6444
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. 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. 212221
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Handsome Prince Henry in armor, but with a fab multi-layer lace collar, a little incongruous but impressive. Painted in 1610 by Isaac Oliver, whose day is today. 19710
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/20262/2 1Somebody refused to comb her hair this morning! And Jan Gossaert just went ahead and painted little Dorothea that way. ❤️ 2242
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Dorothea of Denmark, a little older than in the last portrait, has combed her hair to be shown with her armillary sphere. By Jan Gossaert, who died OTD in 1532. Have always loved this painting. 07710
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialCooking With Lei @cookingwithlei.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Secret to Tender Poached Chicken Every Time Recipe: cookingwithlei.com/chinese-poac... 0317
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/10/2026Making perfect meatballs is all about memorizing a basic ratio. Here are Melissa Clark’s tips for making Meatballs With Any Meat: nyti.ms/4hwNhS8nyti.msMeatballs With Any Meat Recipe • 5★Making great meatballs is all about memorizing a basic ratio that you can adjust to suit your taste. Start with a pound of ground meat — any kind will work, even fish if you want to take it in that direction. 4356
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialNigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This week’s #CookbookCorner stars 'Weeknights With Alice: Smart, Speedy Dinners, Starting with the Veg' by @aliceinframes.bsky.social! Read more about it and get her recipe for Chicken, Grape & Radicchio Tray Bake right here: www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor... 3908
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/20262/2 Holofernes experiencing rough interruption of a good night’s sleep! By Caravaggio, whose day is today. 0321
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Judith decapitates Holofernes with distaste but determination, 1597. By Caravaggio, born OTD in 1571. 516749
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Another young John the Baptist, since the last was (rightly) censored. This one is moody and intense but still pretty hot, in 1604. By Caravaggio, of course. Born OTD in 1571. 617928
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialPBS News @pbsnews.org · 29/09/2026"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation," former special counsel Jack Smith said during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. to.pbs.org/4hwiB3Eto.pbs.orgWATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation'Smith, who in 2022 led investigations into Trump and secured two indictments, said he made decisions in the case "without regard” for Trump’s “political association activities, beliefs, or candidacy i... 7392142
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026September 29th is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here are four angels guarding the Tree of Life. BL Add MS 11639; 'The Northern French Miscellany'; 1277 CE-1324 CE; f.122r @blmedieval.bsky.social 03110
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The company of angels: Virtues, Archangels, and Angels BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.7r @blmedieval.bsky.social 0155
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The company of angels: Dominations, Princes, and Powers BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.6v @blmedieval.bsky.social 1154
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026September 29th is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here is depicted the company of angels: Seraphs, Cherubs, and Thrones. BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.6r @blmedieval.bsky.social 13920
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialFOX8 WGHP @myfox8.com · 28/09/2026Mezzetta recalls pepperoncini variety after TikTok user claims she found mouse in jarmyfox8.comMezzetta recalls pepperoncini variety after TikTok user claims she found mouse in jarA popular brand of Greek pepperoncini peppers are voluntarily being recalled after the company said it became aware of a video circulating on social media showing a potential “pest contaminan… 222
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. 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. 314730
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A truly marvellous object: a 16th-century incense storage container in the shape of a #ship. Coins of the #Roman Emperor Nero, minted between 64 and 68 AD, have been attached as wheels. 📷️ Landesmuseum Württemberg 533575
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/09/2026In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Fuel prices are surging. Trump’s Iran war has spread to Yemen and the Red Sea. Russia is engaging in so-called gray-zone attacks in Europe,” our columnist @nickkristof.bsky.social writes. “Yet for many of these problems, the United Nations is becoming almost irrelevant.”nyti.msOpinion | The U.N. Is Terrible. We Need the U.N.Trump’s attack on global institutions leaves us helpless before a growing array of challenges. 125418
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 27/09/20262/2 Karel Dujardin, now looking a bit skeptical about himself. 0332
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Born on this day in 1622, in Amsterdam, Karel Dujardin. Painter of landscapes, peasants, portraits... Here one of himself, looking v. handsome in his excellent shirt, in 1662. 210113
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Asaph, Heman, Ethan, and Jeduthun depicted as scribes St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 20; The Wolfcoz Psalter: Psalterium Gallicanum with Cantica; around 820-830; St. Gall; p.1 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...) 0234
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 27/09/20262/2 Annunciation, 1660. Mary already dressing the part. By Karel Dujardin of Amsterdam. 0222
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Athena, somewhat taken aback by the obviously lunatic ravings of envy. By Karel Dujardin, whose day is today. 17112
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialEnnius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A fishy 'Q'(uare) at the beginning of Psalm 2: "Quare fremuerunt gentes?" St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 20; The Wolfcoz Psalter: Psalterium Gallicanum with Cantica; around 820-830; St. Gall; p.5 (www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...) 0103
Reposted by @nej1945.bsky.socialDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The fabulously ornamented horse. 2476
