1658 Tapestries

Highland Cattle are a Scottish cattle breed. They are adapted to the cold weather and stay outside throughout the year. We have been raising these fluffy cows since 2007 on our farm in Finland.

Illustration recalls Harlem's original designation as a village established in 1658 by the Dutch, inherited by African Americans during the "Roaring '20's" (1920') then morphing into the most widely migrated and traveled international Afro-cultural destination

Antique old world map featuring the Americas by Nicolaes Visscher, 1658. The map shows North and South America, California as an island and Greenland at the top. The upper cartouche is a dedication for Cornelius Witsen. Novissima et accuratissima totius Americae descriptio per Nicolaes Visscher.

The map is richly decorated with scenes from Greek mythology set within elaborate cartouches at each corner. These scenes are based on drawings by Nicolaes Berchem. Berchem was a pupil of Rembrandt, who trained him in his workshop.

Johannes Vermeer's classic painting of a kitchen maid carefully pouring milk, "the Milkmaid" (Het melkmeisje) from 1658-1660. Available as a poster, and on tops, bedding, and more. Great gift for lovers of vintage baroque paintings and art students.