1 October

Born in 1620 – Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter.

Above: Southern Landscape with Shepherdess and Mule-rider at a Ford, 1672

Also, born in 86 BC, Roman historian Sallust.

Sed ego adolescentulus initio sicuti plerique studio ad rem publicam latus sum, ibique mihi multa adversa fuere. Nam pro pudore, pro abstinentia, pro virtute, audacia, largitio, avaritia vigebant.

I myself, however, when a young man, was at first led by inclination, like most others, to engage in political affairs; but in that pursuit many circumstances were unfavorable to me; for, instead of modesty, temperance, and integrity, there prevailed shamelessness, corruption, and rapacity.

Previously on October 1, Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola & Sallust.