English settlers of the 17th century were a diverse lot, ... our governor sent four men on fowling so that we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered the fruits of our ...

Art history sleuths in Europe have determined that two separate portraits by a 17th-century Flemish artist actually belong together — and the two works of art have been reunited in a Danish museum.

By late in the 17th century, the vaulted loggia ceiling had fallen into disrepair, and included loose areas of “intonaco,” the final, smooth layer of plaster used in frescoed painting.