John McCafferty
@jdmccafferty.bsky.social
A historian of things before 1700, especially religion, friars and the ways of everyday life.
Adam de Coster The Concert Party c.1630
(Royal Collection Trust HM CIII)
(Royal Collection Trust HM CIII)
January 19, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Adam de Coster The Concert Party c.1630
(Royal Collection Trust HM CIII)
(Royal Collection Trust HM CIII)
19 Jan 1628: The Dean & Chapter of #Westminster grant £5 to Mr Benjamin Jonson 'in his sicknes & want' #otd (BM)
January 19, 2026 at 12:56 PM
19 Jan 1628: The Dean & Chapter of #Westminster grant £5 to Mr Benjamin Jonson 'in his sicknes & want' #otd (BM)
Giovanni di Paolo Saint Catherine of Siena Dictating Her Dialogues, between 1447 and 1449
(Detroit Institute of Arts)
(Detroit Institute of Arts)
January 19, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Giovanni di Paolo Saint Catherine of Siena Dictating Her Dialogues, between 1447 and 1449
(Detroit Institute of Arts)
(Detroit Institute of Arts)
The Franciscan Pelbartus of Temesvar in a garden, c. 1500 (Detroit Institute of Arts) Hungarian friar. Born c.1430 in Temesvár. Studied in #Krakow from 1458 onwards. From 1483 onwards active in the convent of St. John in #Buda as lector, preacher & author. d. #otd 19 Jan 1504.
January 19, 2026 at 12:52 PM
From a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, published by Philips Galle - invention of eyeglasses & book printing. They belong together. (Met Museum)
January 19, 2026 at 12:43 PM
From a print series entitled Nova Reperta (New Inventions of Modern Times) consisting of a title page and 19 plates, engraved by Jan Collaert I, published by Philips Galle - invention of eyeglasses & book printing. They belong together. (Met Museum)
Bianca degli Utili Maselli, holding a dog and surrounded by six of her children by Lavinia Fontana of Bologna, 1552-1614 (Sotheby’s)
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Bianca degli Utili Maselli, holding a dog and surrounded by six of her children by Lavinia Fontana of Bologna, 1552-1614 (Sotheby’s)
Jewel Portrait of a Girl, c. 1660.
India, Mughal, 17th century
(The Cleveland Museum of Art)
India, Mughal, 17th century
(The Cleveland Museum of Art)
January 19, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Jewel Portrait of a Girl, c. 1660.
India, Mughal, 17th century
(The Cleveland Museum of Art)
India, Mughal, 17th century
(The Cleveland Museum of Art)
Antonio Allegri Correggio (c. 1489-1534)
St Catherine Reading c.1530-32
(Royal Collections Trust, HM CIII)
St Catherine Reading c.1530-32
(Royal Collections Trust, HM CIII)
January 19, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Antonio Allegri Correggio (c. 1489-1534)
St Catherine Reading c.1530-32
(Royal Collections Trust, HM CIII)
St Catherine Reading c.1530-32
(Royal Collections Trust, HM CIII)
Monday 19 Jan, Dublin
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Monday 19 Jan, Dublin
Monday 19 Jan, Dublin
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Monday 19 Jan, Dublin
Sunday 18 Jan, Dublin
January 18, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Sunday 18 Jan, Dublin
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels
Guilio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1612
(Met Museum)
Guilio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1612
(Met Museum)
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Dominic and Angels
Guilio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1612
(Met Museum)
Guilio Cesare Procaccini, c. 1612
(Met Museum)
Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine
ca. 1500–1505
Swiss Painter
(Met Museum)
Handy man to have at a party, that Remigius.
ca. 1500–1505
Swiss Painter
(Met Museum)
Handy man to have at a party, that Remigius.
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Saint Remigius Replenishing the Barrel of Wine
ca. 1500–1505
Swiss Painter
(Met Museum)
Handy man to have at a party, that Remigius.
ca. 1500–1505
Swiss Painter
(Met Museum)
Handy man to have at a party, that Remigius.
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini
1494?
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane
(Met Museum)
1494?
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane
(Met Museum)
January 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Ginevra d'Antonio Lupari Gozzadini
1494?
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane
(Met Museum)
1494?
Attributed to the Maestro delle Storie del Pane
(Met Museum)
Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison
ca. 1580–85
Paolo Veronese
(Met Museum)
ca. 1580–85
Paolo Veronese
(Met Museum)
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Saint Catherine of Alexandria in Prison
ca. 1580–85
Paolo Veronese
(Met Museum)
ca. 1580–85
Paolo Veronese
(Met Museum)
Cup & case, probably made in West Yorkshire, 1692-94
By Francis Place
The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblence to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate.
(Victoria and Albert, London)
By Francis Place
The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblence to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate.
(Victoria and Albert, London)
January 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Cup & case, probably made in West Yorkshire, 1692-94
By Francis Place
The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblence to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate.
(Victoria and Albert, London)
By Francis Place
The 'capuchine' [so-called from its resemblence to a cloaked Capuchin friar] was developed in the late 17th century specifically for drinking the new coffee and chocolate.
(Victoria and Albert, London)
Armorial shield, circled by the Garter, of Sir George Neville, 5th Lord Bergavenny, who received the Garter in 1513, died in 1535.
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
January 17, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Armorial shield, circled by the Garter, of Sir George Neville, 5th Lord Bergavenny, who received the Garter in 1513, died in 1535.
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
(Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Two young couples and a Fool who looks at the kisses of one pair through his hands,
Johann Liss, 1600 - 1629 (Rijksmuseum)
Johann Liss, 1600 - 1629 (Rijksmuseum)
January 17, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Two young couples and a Fool who looks at the kisses of one pair through his hands,
Johann Liss, 1600 - 1629 (Rijksmuseum)
Johann Liss, 1600 - 1629 (Rijksmuseum)
St Roch, plague saint, and the Angel
by Annibale Carracci,1560–1609.
(The Fitzwilliam Museum)
by Annibale Carracci,1560–1609.
(The Fitzwilliam Museum)
January 17, 2026 at 10:54 PM
St Roch, plague saint, and the Angel
by Annibale Carracci,1560–1609.
(The Fitzwilliam Museum)
by Annibale Carracci,1560–1609.
(The Fitzwilliam Museum)
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM