Two Horses at a Halting-place, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1637 Drawn on the spot in a series of strokes, the chalk barely lifted off the page. One horse's head later reworked in red. (Rijksmuseum)

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For #SpoliaSunday, these fluted C15 #spolia #columns in a courtyard of the S. Spirito hospital survive from the ancient Horti Agrippinae below. In their presence, perhaps, the cruel emperor #Caligula would have unfortunates suffer arbitrary and violent fates. #AncientBluesky 🏺

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Part of a 4th century mosaic floor depicting the head of the Roman sea god Neptune. Originally from Hemsworth Villa at Witchampton in Dorset, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

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Teaser: whose windows?

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Musicians in the Beaconsfield pub, Cambridge, gouache, oil pastel and Daler/Rowney acrylic ink. #Irishmusic #fiddles #jigsandreels#guinness

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