A Bonus day: TWO birthdayless artists! Daniel Mytens, mostly of London, and his nephew Jan Mytens, mostly of The Hague. Here Handsome Dan's self-portrait from 1630. Historical hottie du jour!
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A Bonus day: TWO birthdayless artists! Daniel Mytens, mostly of London, and his nephew Jan Mytens, mostly of The Hague. Here Handsome Dan's self-portrait from 1630. Historical hottie du jour!
Beautiful portrait of a girl picking grapes, painted by Jan Mytens of The Hague, whose day is today.
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Beautiful portrait of a girl picking grapes, painted by Jan Mytens of The Hague, whose day is today.
Little Lady Mary Fielding, Countess of Aran, in 1620. Loves her doggie! Both painted by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
November 22, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Little Lady Mary Fielding, Countess of Aran, in 1620. Loves her doggie! Both painted by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
Charles I, painted by Daniel Mytens before a splendid fantasy palace provided by Hendrick van Steenwijck. Some Flemish collaboration in England: I approve! Today is Steenwijck's day.
September 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Charles I, painted by Daniel Mytens before a splendid fantasy palace provided by Hendrick van Steenwijck. Some Flemish collaboration in England: I approve! Today is Steenwijck's day.
A Bonus day TWO birthdayless artists! Daniel Mytens, mostly of London, and his nephew Jan Mytens, mostly of The Hague. Here Handsome Dan's self-portrait from 1630. Historical hottie du jour!
November 22, 2024 at 1:06 PM
A Bonus day TWO birthdayless artists! Daniel Mytens, mostly of London, and his nephew Jan Mytens, mostly of The Hague. Here Handsome Dan's self-portrait from 1630. Historical hottie du jour!
Charles I in 1631. Just an ordinary super-well-dressed guy! As in this portrait by Daniel Mytens.
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Charles I in 1631. Just an ordinary super-well-dressed guy! As in this portrait by Daniel Mytens.
Charles I, painted by Daniel Mytens before splendid fantasy palace provided by Hendrick van Steenwijck. Some Flemish collaboration in England: I approve! Today is Steenwijck's day.
September 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Charles I, painted by Daniel Mytens before splendid fantasy palace provided by Hendrick van Steenwijck. Some Flemish collaboration in England: I approve! Today is Steenwijck's day.
2/2 Two more beauties from the 1660s (one of them armed!) by Jan Mytens.
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
2/2 Two more beauties from the 1660s (one of them armed!) by Jan Mytens.
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, giving a little art history lesson in his magnificent sculpture gallery in 1618. He was born on this day in 1586. Portrait by Daniel Mytens.
July 7, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, giving a little art history lesson in his magnificent sculpture gallery in 1618. He was born on this day in 1586. Portrait by Daniel Mytens.
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, giving a little art history lesson in his magnificent sculpture gallery in 1618. He was born on this day in 1586. Portrait by Daniel Mytens.
July 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, giving a little art history lesson in his magnificent sculpture gallery in 1618. He was born on this day in 1586. Portrait by Daniel Mytens.
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran & later Duke of Hamilton, aged 17 in 1623. Be sure to check out his A+ red hose! Painted by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
November 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
James Hamilton, Earl of Arran & later Duke of Hamilton, aged 17 in 1623. Be sure to check out his A+ red hose! Painted by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, giving a little art history lesson in his magnificent sculpture gallery in 1618. Portrait by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, giving a little art history lesson in his magnificent sculpture gallery in 1618. Portrait by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
Charles I and Henrietta Maria Departing for the Chase
c. 1630-2
by Daniel Mytens
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
c. 1630-2
by Daniel Mytens
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
January 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Charles I and Henrietta Maria Departing for the Chase
c. 1630-2
by Daniel Mytens
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
c. 1630-2
by Daniel Mytens
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
2/2 Feathers. More important than the crown, in 1633. Charles I, making a fashion statement for Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
2/2 Feathers. More important than the crown, in 1633. Charles I, making a fashion statement for Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
2/2 Avid traveler & all-around shopper Alethea Talbot, wife of Earl of Arundel, at their London home w/ paintings gallery. By Daniel Mytens.
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
2/2 Avid traveler & all-around shopper Alethea Talbot, wife of Earl of Arundel, at their London home w/ paintings gallery. By Daniel Mytens.
Beautiful portrait of a girl picking grapes, painted by Jan Mytens of The Hague, whose day was today.
November 23, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Beautiful portrait of a girl picking grapes, painted by Jan Mytens of The Hague, whose day was today.
3/3 Henrietta Maria also getting in on the action from Daniel Mytens and Hendrick van Steenwyck. More spatially placid, as befitting a 17th-century lady.
September 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
3/3 Henrietta Maria also getting in on the action from Daniel Mytens and Hendrick van Steenwyck. More spatially placid, as befitting a 17th-century lady.
Portrait of a Young Girl
Daniel Mytens, c. 1610 (National Trust Images)
Daniel Mytens, c. 1610 (National Trust Images)
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Portrait of a Young Girl
Daniel Mytens, c. 1610 (National Trust Images)
Daniel Mytens, c. 1610 (National Trust Images)
Portrait of a Young Girl Daniel Mytens, c. 1610
(National Trust Images)
(National Trust Images)
December 8, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Portrait of a Young Girl Daniel Mytens, c. 1610
(National Trust Images)
(National Trust Images)
Little Lady Mary Fielding, Countess of Aran, in 1620. Loves her doggie! Both painted by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
November 22, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Little Lady Mary Fielding, Countess of Aran, in 1620. Loves her doggie! Both painted by Daniel Mytens, whose day is today.
2/2 James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, always a man with fine fashion sense, looking discreetly excellent in grey in 1629. Painted by Daniel Mytens.
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
2/2 James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, always a man with fine fashion sense, looking discreetly excellent in grey in 1629. Painted by Daniel Mytens.
Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17 in 1623 Daniel Mytens, c.1590–1647 (Tate Britain)
December 8, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Portrait of James Hamilton, Earl of Arran, Later 3rd Marquis and 1st Duke of Hamilton, Aged 17 in 1623 Daniel Mytens, c.1590–1647 (Tate Britain)
Shakespeare’s patron: William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, born #OTD 1580; co-dedicatee of First Folio & possibly W.H. of Sonnets;Lord Chamberlain,Chancellor of University of Oxford,co-founded Pembroke College @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Mytens portrait NPG London
Mytens portrait NPG London
April 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Shakespeare’s patron: William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, born #OTD 1580; co-dedicatee of First Folio & possibly W.H. of Sonnets;Lord Chamberlain,Chancellor of University of Oxford,co-founded Pembroke College @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Mytens portrait NPG London
Mytens portrait NPG London
2/2 The Queen's dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson, in the woods but very civilized in 1629. Positioned so his head just fails to reach the horizon, and painted by Daniel Mytens.
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
2/2 The Queen's dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson, in the woods but very civilized in 1629. Positioned so his head just fails to reach the horizon, and painted by Daniel Mytens.
Daniel Mytens,
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland d. 1541
Painted c. 1620-38
With marmoset.
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland d. 1541
Painted c. 1620-38
With marmoset.
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
February 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Daniel Mytens,
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland d. 1541
Painted c. 1620-38
With marmoset.
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)
Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scotland d. 1541
Painted c. 1620-38
With marmoset.
(Royal Collection Trust, HM CIII)