#1640s

[fashionsfromhistory]

Sailor's Slops

1600s-1700s

Extremely rare survival of a shirt and breeches, called slops, as worn by sailors from the late 16th through to the 18th centuries. This unique set of loose, practical sailor’s clothing reveals life aboard ship. They are made of very strong linen to endure the hard, rough work. There is tar across the front from hauling ropes. The breeches are heavily mended and patched, which the sailor would have done himself.

The Museum of London (ID: 53.101/1b)

[fromtheheather]

The Repentant Magdalen (c. 1635-1640) - Georges de La Tour

[eirene]

Four Caterpillars and a Snail, 1646 Wenceslaus Hollar

[history-of-fashion]

ab. 1640-1650 Carlo Ceresa - Portrait of a woman (from the Sala family)

(Pinacoteca di Brera)

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Jan Baptist Weenix (1621-c. 1659) Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613-1670) "Shepherds boy with sheep and goats" (c. 1647) Oil on canvas Dutch Golden Age

[diemelusine]

Scythians at the tomb of Ovid (c. 1640) by Johann Heinrich Schönfeld. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

Pages from an album of embroidered Chrysanthemums, 1644-1911, China.

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Battle of Alexander versus Darius Artist: Pietro da Cortona (Italian, 1596-1669) Date: between 1644 and 1650 Genre: historical painting Period: Baroque Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 173 cm (5.7 ft) high x 375 cm (12.3 ft) wide Location: Capitoline Museums, Rome, Italy

Depicted here is the turning point of the Battle of Gaugamela (Arbela) in 331 BCE between Alexander the Great and the Persian king Darius III: Alexander's attack on the Persian center overwhelmed the royal bodyguard and led to Darius' flight.

Pietro da Cortona, one of the most prominent figures of the Roman Baroque, specialized in elaborate frescoed ceilings, such as that of Rome's Palazzo Barberini.