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Born #OnThisDay in 1672: #PetertheGreat (1672-1725), Emperor of Russia
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, 18th Century
#PyotrI #ПётрВели́кий #Romanov
Born #OnThisDay in 1829: English painter #JohnEverettMillais (1829-96), one of the founders of the #PreRaphaeliteBrotherhood
Portrait of Louise Jane #Jopling, née Goode, later Rowe (1843-1933), 1879
#Millais #PreRaphaelites
Born #OnThisDay in 1829: English painter #JohnEverettMillais one of the founders of the #PreRaphaeliteBrotherhood
Portrait by #WilliamHolmanHunt (1827-1910), 1853
#Millais #PreRaphaelites
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: #CharlotteofBelgium (1840-1927), Empress of Mexico as wife of #MaximilianofAustria, daughter of #LeopoldI
Portrait by #AlbertGräfle (1807-89), 1865
#CarlotadeMéxico #SaxeCoburgGotha #Habsburg
Born #OnThisDay in 1840: #CharlotteofBelgium (1840-1927), Empress of Mexico as wife of #MaximilianofAustria, daughter of #LeopoldI
Portrait as a child by her cousin Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
#CarlotadeMéxico #SaxeCoburgGotha #Habsburg
#ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1757: #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire
Portrait as Diana by #MariaCosway (1760-1838), ca. 1781-2
#GeorgianaSpencer #Georgian #WomenArtists
Born #OnThisDay in 1757: #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire
Portrait by Thomas #Gainsborough (1727-88), 1783
#GeorgianaSpencer #Georgian
Born #OnThisDay in 1757: #GeorgianaCavendish (1757-1806), Duchess of Devonshire
Portrait with siblings Henrietta & George by #AngelicaKauffman (1741-1807), 1774
#GeorgianaSpencer #Georgian #SiblingsInArt #WomenArtists
Baptized #OnThisDay in 1599: Spanish painter #DiegoVelázquez (1599-1660)
Portrait of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares (1587-1645) on horseback, ca. 1636
#Velázquez #SpanishBaroque
Died #OnThisDay in 1561: #CatherineofMecklenburg (1487-1561), Duchess of Saxony as spouse of Duke Henry the Pious
Portrait by Lucas #Cranach the Younger (1515–1586), 1547
#KatharinavonMecklenburg #Mecklenburg #Wettin
#VesteCoburg