Allison MacDuffee
@studiousgal.bsky.social
Art Historian, working on exh. proposal re: Pissarro-Millet-Courbet for 2030. Sometimes teaching at Univ of Toronto Mississauga. Ph.D., U of Michigan. Live in Toronto. Canadian. Gardening, travel, philately. I block probable bot accts.
Pinned
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Women messing with men's heads du jour, yet again: Judith finding the head of Holofernes quite distasteful. Well, she shouldn't have cut it off, then! By Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna.
January 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Women messing with men's heads du jour, yet again: Judith finding the head of Holofernes quite distasteful. Well, she shouldn't have cut it off, then! By Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna.
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Blimey, Hamnet is a TOUGH and GRAND film. Decompression may take hours.
January 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Blimey, Hamnet is a TOUGH and GRAND film. Decompression may take hours.
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Philip Wilson Steer, Southwold, 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114146
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114146
January 9, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Philip Wilson Steer, Southwold, 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114146
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1114146
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Looking back at you from 1662: Beatrice Cenci, young noblewoman who famously murdered her entirely frightful father. Sentenced to death despite public sympathy! Painted by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna.
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Looking back at you from 1662: Beatrice Cenci, young noblewoman who famously murdered her entirely frightful father. Sentenced to death despite public sympathy! Painted by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna.
I love this.
1725: Des Alliés Amerindiens À La Cour De Louis XV at Chateau Versailles, France.
January 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I love this.
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Self-portrait as Pictura by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, painter & teacher. Her birthday was yesterday (in 1638) but her day is going to be today. At least on this bsky account.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Self-portrait as Pictura by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, painter & teacher. Her birthday was yesterday (in 1638) but her day is going to be today. At least on this bsky account.
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Portrait of Paul Chenavard https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/portrait-of-paul-chenavard
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Portrait of Paul Chenavard https://www.wikiart.org/en/gustave-courbet/portrait-of-paul-chenavard
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Potato Harvest
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16556
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16556
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Potato Harvest
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16556
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16556
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Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait of 1652 in which he poses in a plain painter’s smock
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
January 8, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Rembrandt’s Self-Portrait of 1652 in which he poses in a plain painter’s smock
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)
The role of women in forming the Prado's collections was huge Also, the staff at the museum have created special tours highlighting these women collectors. (I learned this from A++ posts on Bluesky!! 😀🖼🏛 @museodelprado.es ) And now a conference too!
Symposium at the @museodelprado.es: "Protagonistas femeninas en la formación de las colecciones del Museo del Prado. Isabel de Farnesio," March 6-7 www.museodelprado.es/recurso/prot...
January 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
The role of women in forming the Prado's collections was huge Also, the staff at the museum have created special tours highlighting these women collectors. (I learned this from A++ posts on Bluesky!! 😀🖼🏛 @museodelprado.es ) And now a conference too!
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We thought this might be a suitable image for today...'The Rain it Raineth Every Day' by Norman Garstin! ☔
Due to the weather warning and for everyone’s safety, Penlee Park will close early today at 5 PM. Please plan accordingly and stay safe! 🌧️☔
Due to the weather warning and for everyone’s safety, Penlee Park will close early today at 5 PM. Please plan accordingly and stay safe! 🌧️☔
January 8, 2026 at 1:03 PM
We thought this might be a suitable image for today...'The Rain it Raineth Every Day' by Norman Garstin! ☔
Due to the weather warning and for everyone’s safety, Penlee Park will close early today at 5 PM. Please plan accordingly and stay safe! 🌧️☔
Due to the weather warning and for everyone’s safety, Penlee Park will close early today at 5 PM. Please plan accordingly and stay safe! 🌧️☔
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2/2 Angel poised (stuck) at window, but we get view through absent wall at picture plane. Annunciation in Arena Chapel, 1305, by Giotto. It's his day today.
January 8, 2026 at 1:49 PM
2/2 Angel poised (stuck) at window, but we get view through absent wall at picture plane. Annunciation in Arena Chapel, 1305, by Giotto. It's his day today.
So enjoyed visiting. And teaching about it again and again and.... @maggiehelwig.bsky.social
Died (alas!) on this day in 1337, the immeasurably great Giotto. Master of visual narrative, pictorial space, human emotion, but especially of blue. As you see at Arena Chapel in Padua.
January 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
So enjoyed visiting. And teaching about it again and again and.... @maggiehelwig.bsky.social
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I understood attacks from the left on the "western canon". I welcome a diverse curriculum. But, we should recognize the revolutionary potential of the western canon. Now, chauvinists take the stage and show utter ignorance of the canon they idolize. Why don't we all debate it less, and read it more?
MAGA: "get back to teaching the western canon!"
Also MAGA: "no not like that"
Also MAGA: "no not like that"
Link to article:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I understood attacks from the left on the "western canon". I welcome a diverse curriculum. But, we should recognize the revolutionary potential of the western canon. Now, chauvinists take the stage and show utter ignorance of the canon they idolize. Why don't we all debate it less, and read it more?
This reminds me, I am getting two teeth pulled today.
Eduardo Paolozzi, Man’s Head, 1952
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1123434
https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1123434
January 8, 2026 at 2:41 PM
This reminds me, I am getting two teeth pulled today.
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Spanning the River Cam, Cambridge, St John’s College’s Grade I listed bridge is a striking example of Neo-Gothic design. Built in the early 19th century, its elegant stone arches and ornate covered walkway make it one of the city’s most photographed and admired landmarks.
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Spanning the River Cam, Cambridge, St John’s College’s Grade I listed bridge is a striking example of Neo-Gothic design. Built in the early 19th century, its elegant stone arches and ornate covered walkway make it one of the city’s most photographed and admired landmarks.
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'Self-reflection at a red signal’ (2013) by Holly Brodie
hollybrodie.com
hollybrodie.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
'Self-reflection at a red signal’ (2013) by Holly Brodie
hollybrodie.com
hollybrodie.com
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Sharp, intimate miniature portrait of woman aged 26 in 1593. By Nicholas Hilliard, master of Engand's renaissance.
January 8, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Sharp, intimate miniature portrait of woman aged 26 in 1593. By Nicholas Hilliard, master of Engand's renaissance.
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Frank Hurley - Endurance 1915
January 8, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Frank Hurley - Endurance 1915
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George Clifford, 3d Earl of Cumberland, became Queen Elizabeth's Champion at the Tiltyard in 1590. Wears her bejeweled glove pinned to his hat, ready to do battle in her honor, in fab miniature by Nicholas Hilliard.
January 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
George Clifford, 3d Earl of Cumberland, became Queen Elizabeth's Champion at the Tiltyard in 1590. Wears her bejeweled glove pinned to his hat, ready to do battle in her honor, in fab miniature by Nicholas Hilliard.
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As is tradition, we begin this year with a look back at our top five most-read articles of the past year.
2025's list includes pieces by Nolan Reynolds, @glenniceton.bsky.social, @lootina.bsky.social, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & Jackson Pind
niche-canada.org/2026/01/06/t...
#envhist #cdnhist
2025's list includes pieces by Nolan Reynolds, @glenniceton.bsky.social, @lootina.bsky.social, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & Jackson Pind
niche-canada.org/2026/01/06/t...
#envhist #cdnhist
Top Five Posts of 2025
Wow! 2025 was another record year on our site for traffic. We published nearly every week day, sometimes publishing on Saturdays and more than once a day! We are so grateful to the environmental histo...
niche-canada.org
January 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
As is tradition, we begin this year with a look back at our top five most-read articles of the past year.
2025's list includes pieces by Nolan Reynolds, @glenniceton.bsky.social, @lootina.bsky.social, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & Jackson Pind
niche-canada.org/2026/01/06/t...
#envhist #cdnhist
2025's list includes pieces by Nolan Reynolds, @glenniceton.bsky.social, @lootina.bsky.social, @peterfortna.bsky.social, & Jackson Pind
niche-canada.org/2026/01/06/t...
#envhist #cdnhist
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Fashionable gowns of the 1590s and early 1600s were often worn open in front to reveal a decorative petticoat or forepart underneath. This is #English, made about 1600, of satin embroidered with silk, silver-gilt thread and spangles. (Victoria & Albert Museum)
January 7, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Fashionable gowns of the 1590s and early 1600s were often worn open in front to reveal a decorative petticoat or forepart underneath. This is #English, made about 1600, of satin embroidered with silk, silver-gilt thread and spangles. (Victoria & Albert Museum)
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Bodice, made in England, 1630-1639 Silk satin, silk taffeta, canvas, buckram and whalebone, handsewn (V&A Museum, London)
January 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Bodice, made in England, 1630-1639 Silk satin, silk taffeta, canvas, buckram and whalebone, handsewn (V&A Museum, London)