Aloveforjaneausten
@aloveforjaneausten.bsky.social
Things I love and which have taken over my life: history, period dramas, mystery novels, historical fashion, knitting, writing... and who knows what may follow.
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Hot new Bernini just dropped: www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/22/m...
‘A masterpiece’: rediscovered Bernini statue arrives at Rijksmuseum
The 72cm terracotta model depicting the mythical sea god Triton offers an important link to the Italian artist’s thought process, says a curator at the Amsterdam museum
www.theartnewspaper.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Hot new Bernini just dropped: www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/01/22/m...
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Someone needs to do a Google Maps, but for the past. For example, typing in "London to York" but you can select a period e.g. 1450s, and it would give you the likeliest route. That'd be great.
November 20, 2024 at 11:16 AM
Someone needs to do a Google Maps, but for the past. For example, typing in "London to York" but you can select a period e.g. 1450s, and it would give you the likeliest route. That'd be great.
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Terrific story and top sleuthing.
After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
by Richard Brooks for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
by Richard Brooks for The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
After decades, tiny 500-year-old royal portrait is identified as Mary Tudor
Art historian says miniature is of Henry VIII’s daughter – not his sixth wife Katherine Parr
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Terrific story and top sleuthing.
Currently reading
November 17, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Currently reading
Learning the lesson again that warm weather (seriously its October! Shouldn't it stay below 20°C by now?), a week full of stress and anxiety, and a little cake is a bad combination for my stomach 😢😢
October 7, 2023 at 8:37 PM
Learning the lesson again that warm weather (seriously its October! Shouldn't it stay below 20°C by now?), a week full of stress and anxiety, and a little cake is a bad combination for my stomach 😢😢
Reading Emma again and adoring every page of it. #janeausten #myreading
October 2, 2023 at 1:46 PM
Reading Emma again and adoring every page of it. #janeausten #myreading