Allison MacDuffee

Self-Portrait with a Black Dog

Self-Portrait with a Black Dog https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/self-portrait-with-a-black-dog-1841

2/2 Pro tip: when you visit the Sistine Chapel, bring along small binoculars to really see Michelangelo’s ceiling. Best advice you will ever get on Bluesky.

The Sistine Chapel. A lot of great artists worked there. But Michelangelo, IMHO, was the greatest of them, and today is his day.

Édouard Vuillard, The Newspaper, 1896-98, showing a woman reading a newspaper in a decorated interior

If I were to recommend only a single exhibition in NYC right now it wouldn't be a big, splashy museum presentation but rather a small, ravishing show of Édouard Vuillard's early interiors at Skarstedt in Chelsea. Absolutely stupendous. Open through April 25 (thread) www.skarstedt.com/exhibitions/...

Michelangelo's study for the Libyan Sibyl, and finished figure on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Love how much attention he devoted to her toes! Today is his day.

Last post from my Norway trip, another detail of the wooden barrel vault of Ål stave church, preserved at the Historic Museum in Oslo.

Stairwell vignette, Yale Center for British Art, Louis Kahn, 1974

The great court, British Museum

I don't think I'll ever not be impressed by the roof over the Great Court at the British Museum

Bibliographical Society Virtual Winter Visit

On Tuesday 3 March 2026, at 15.30 GMT, the Bibliographical Society will travel virtually to the Vatican Apostolic Library. Founded in 1450 by Pope Nicholas V to promote Humanistic studies, the Vatican Library is one of the world’s most famous libraries.

Congratulations!

Stamp of Liechtenstein showing grain bundles and church.

Liechtenstein, 1961.

Landscape With A White Horse In A Field, L'Ermitage

Landscape With A White Horse In A Field, L'Ermitage
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15237

2/2 Westerkerk from across the Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, 1660. Love how Jan van der Heyden (born OTD 1637) denuded the central tree so you can better admire Hendrick de Keyser's splendid architecture.

None. But I sometimes think, "I need to take a break from reading non-fiction."

I used to go running with my friend at 6:30 a.m. twice a week. And afterward, I often fell asleep on the sofa. Socializing often happened on email, which took up a LOT of time.

I was recently fired as the Head of the Dept. Of Squirrel Security after I allowed many squirrels to pilfer all our bird seed. But no worries, I was given a new job, with a fancy new title. I don't know what it means, but it pays well
#Spike #NoemFired #Dogsofbluesky

Vase of Flowers, Tulips and Garnets

Vase of Flowers, Tulips and Garnets
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16938

One of today’s treasures was a 13th C pocket bible, a single volume made small enough to fit in a pocket or saddle bag. Often made in Paris, in this case the text was so incredibly tiny it was barely legible without a magnifying glass...

Dam in Amsterdam with focus on the glorious new Town Hall, practically glowing in the sunlight. Painted in 1668 by Jan van der Heyden, born OTD 1637.

There were many amazing thing in Durham and some important case studies for the book, but one of my favourite finds was this 13th C little guy in his hat...

Call For Papers – Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum (NEAR-EH) 2026 The Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum (NEAR-EH) brings together a group of scholars exploring the environmental history of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States.

Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum
Call for Papers, Twelfth Annual Workshop

Friday, July 10 and Saturday July 11, 2026
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Deadline: April 24, 2026

niche-canada.org/2026/03/03/c...

#envhist #cdnhist

I thought it might be this!

Spending today with Jane and Cassandra...

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

The Market Place
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/1181593

Good morning @lakesstiles.bsky.social & thank you. Yes, Walter Steggles certainly did have a way with clouds! Here's another example of it which is also in the sale at Dreweatts in Newbury a week today. This is "Wharfedale" which I believe he painted in the 1970s www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auctio...

Marco Zoppo - the Dead Christ supported by saints, c. 1465. St Jerome cradles the back of his head with his palm and gently touches his fingers to Christ’s forehead. The tenderness of this touch with the gently bent fingers is halfway between the touch one would give to a relic and a friend.

Marco Zoppo - the Dead Christ supported by saints, c. 1465. St Jerome cradles the back of his head with his palm and gently touches his fingers to Christ’s forehead. The tenderness of this touch with the gently bent fingers is halfway between the touch one would give to a relic and a friend.

Bowl, made in #Persia, c. 1630
16cm x 39.4cm I would love one.

(Victoria and Albert Museum, London)

The zebra in this painting belonged to Shah Abbas of Persia who was born 27 Jan 1571.

It was presented to him by the Mughal emperor Jahangir in the early 1620s. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Children in a Garden at Eragny

Children in a Garden at Eragny
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16725

In spring 2027, the first ever exhibition in the UK solely dedicated to Catharina van Hemessen will open at the National Gallery.

'Catharina van Hemessen' (4 March–30 May 2027) will bring together most of her signed paintings for the first time.

www.nationalgallery.org.uk/about-us/pre...