#1600s art

[cherrygothnightmare]

Saint Jerome, Carlo Doci, 1655

[flowerytale]

Pierre Mignard (1612–1695), The Marquise de Seignelay and Two of her Sons (detail)

[abnormes]

The Seven Works of Mercy by Caravaggio (1607)

[kabukiaku]

The Plague Doctor's Visit.

[fashion-from-the-past]

17th century gown

[horses-in-art-history]

Nicolaes Berchem, Two Horses in a Landscape, 1635-1683, Statens Museum for Kunst, open.smk.dk, public domain.

(Picture source for Two Horses in a Landscape)

[creativespark]

Andrea Vocarro (Italian, 1604-1670), The Martyrdom of St Sebastian, circa 1640

[tierradentro]

“The Threatened Swan”, c.1650, Jan Asselijn.

[liminal-barbie]

Artemisia Gentileschi

Mary Magdalene as Melancholy (c 1622 - 1625)

[bnnvll]

Design for a Festival Costume with a Subsidiary Study upper Right of a Head in Profile to the Left Poster by Baccio del Bianco, 1600s

[flowerytale]

Robert Peake the Elder (1551–1619), Lady Elizabeth Pope (details)

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[constanzarte]

Caravaggio, Medusa

[springsteens]

Floral Still Life by Andrzej Stech (Polish, 1670s)

[folklouire]

The Yawning Grave, Strange Trails (2015) x Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi (c. 1612-1613)

(second version under the cut)

[madeleineengland]

This seventeenth-century Palazzetto Bru Zane, located in Venice, was originally a place for entertainment, especially for listening music.

This is where Mozart is presumed to have played during his stay in Venice (Carnival, 1771).

Bearing the name of its original owners, the Zane family, was built between 1695 and 1697 and it was designed by the architect Antonio Gaspari.