December 21, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.
Image: Jan Havicksz Steen, The Feast of St. Nicholas, 1665-68. Oil on Canvas. In case you were wondering whether your family was the odd one while everyone else celebrated the holidays with Norman Rockwell serenity, have no fear. For this week’s virtual trip to a museum we go to The Netherlands for Jan Steen’s The […]
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December 14, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.
Image: Francesco del Cossa, Saint Lucy, c. 1473/1474 December 13th is Santa Lucia day, a day of celebration, especially in Scandinavian countries which centers on a procession of girls (boys are incorporated now as well) dressed in white with candles in their hair. Over time, safer methods have been developed. There is a food connection […]
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