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#Rubens thrusts the viewer directly into the eye of the storm in 'Hero & Leander’ c.1603 @YaleArtGallery: an ancient tale of forbidden love.The interplay between the luminous & numinous, undoubtedly enthralled Rembrandt, who purchased the work in 1637! #RubensAGO @agotoronto 2/9
- •-—••-——•- -•••— —–•- - •—•- -•••— News to me: the inventor of the telegraph & Morse code, Samuel F. Morse, was also a painter! 🖼Pictured: Little Miss Hone’ 1824 @mfaboston. Happy #Caturday from the original Grumpy Cat.
❌👅💇🏻♂️Two looks to definitely avoid *in the age of Rembrandt* and now! 🖼Godfried Schalcken, ‘Young Girl Eating Sweets’ c.1680-85 and Antonie Palamedesz, ‘Portrait of a Minister’ 1654. Currently on view at #RomGoesDutch @ROMtoronto, on loan from @mfaboston.
@addressingart Some more Zizi for you: ‘Woman with Cat (Mme. #Manet)’ 1880, loan from @tate & detail from letter to Henri Charles Guérard, Decorated with a Peach, Two Shrimps, a Seascape, a Cat, Four Portraits, & a Swallow’1880, loan from @FondCustodia to #ManetAndModernBeauty @artinstitutechi
A most whimsical frame for a magical woodlands theme by John Aster Fitzgerald: ‘Fairies in a Bird’s Nest’ c.1860 @legionofhonor. Are you familiar with this @TheFrameBlogMag? #fairies
A trio of installation shots to entice you to visit ‘Impressionism in the Age of Industry’ #ImpressionismAGO @agotoronto before it closes May 5th. See works by celebrated artists Monet, Seurat, & Pissarro but also discover gems by Béraud, d’Espagnat, De Nittis, Luce & more.
😀Looking forward to this panel on the Plantin dynasty @RSAorg #RenSA19. The prestigious Plantin-Moretus printing press played a key role in the promulgation of the #PeterPaulRubens *brand* & will be highlighted in the exhibition #RubensAGO @agotoronto this Oct. #Baroque #Antwerp
I spy with my lil’👁@gardinermuseum: a spoiled pup (Danish,1780), a smug cat (St-Cloud,1745) & a ravenous rabbit (Chelsea,1775-76)🐕🐇🐈Charmed by the tenderness in the 1st figure: so relatable bc I once had to carry my golden retriever around when it was a puppy #ceramics #18thc
🎉🎂Joyeux anniversaire, Monsieur Manet, born #OTD in 1832. For this special occasion, I am sharing a playful pod of porpoises. That’s right, #MANET PAINTED PORPOISES🐬🐬🐬❗️ Pictured: ‘The Steamboat: Seascape with Porpoises’1868 @philamuseum . 🌊#19thC #edouardmanet
Scruffy canine. Sheer contentment. An endearing moment captured by... wait for it...#FranzMarc! I never knew he painted in this style, i.e. the modelled forms, the almost Impressionist facture, soft palette. ‘Sleeping Dog’1909 @philamuseum. This one’s for @PollyLeritae & 🐶❤️ers