#1650s

[frostedmagnolias]

Brooch, flower spray 

c. 1650

Gold with enamel

National Museums Scotland

[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)

[history-of-fashion]

1655-1660 Bodice

silk, beads, embroidery

(Manchester Art Gallery)

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Carel Fabritius (1622-1654) "The Goldfinch" (1654) Oil on panel Dutch Golden Age Located in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

Fabritius died young, caught in the explosion of the Delft gunpowder magazine on 12 October 1654, which destroyed a quarter of the city—over 100 people were killed and thousands were injured—along with his studio and many of his paintings. Only about a dozen paintings have survived.

"The Goldfinch" was lost and unknown for more than two centuries before it first came to light in 1859. Théophile Thoré-Bürger, who had helped to restore the reputation of Vermeer, found it in the collection of former Dutch army officer and collector Chevalier Joseph-Guillaume-Jean Camberlyn in Brussels.

[artschoolglasses]

Smallsword, European, 1655

From the Philadelphia Museum of Art

[diemelusine]

Las Meninas (1656) by Diego Velázquez. Museo del Prado.

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Young Painter in His Studio Artist: Barent Fabritius (Dutch, 1624-1673) Date: between 1655 and 1660 Genre: genre art Period: Dutch Golden Age Medium: oil on oak wood Dimensions: 72 cm (28.3 in) high x 54 cm (21.2 in) wide Location: Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Barent Fabritius was one of three brothers who became painters, the others being Carel (the most famous of the trio) and Johannes. All three are believed to have studied under Rembrandt. Johannes, the youngest brother, may have been the model for this painting.

[am-visual-diary]

Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Picture Gallery, c. 1650 by David Teniers the Younger