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Born #OnThisDay in 1516: #MaryI, Queen of England (1516-58)
Portrait drawing by Hans #Holbein (1497/8-1543) ca. 1536
#MaryTudor #QueenMary #BloodyMary #Tudor
Born #OnThisDay in 1519: #FrançoisdeLorraine, Duke of Guise (1519-63)
Portrait drawing by an Unknown Artist, before 1563
#DucdeGuise #FrenchRenaissance
Born #OnThisDay in 1845: Infanta #AntóniaofPortugal (1845-1913), Princess of #Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, daughter of Queen #MariaII
Portrait by #PhilipdeLászló (1869-1937), 1907
#Braganza
Born #OnThisDay in 1710: #LouisXV, King of France (1710-74)
Esquitarian portrait by #LouisMichelvanLoo (1707-71) & #CharlesCozette (1713-97), 1763
#Bourbon #leBienAimé #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1768: Holy Roman Emperor #FrancisII / Emperor #FrancisI of Austria (1768-1835)
Portrait by #FriedrichvonAmerling (1803-87), 1834
#FranzII #FranzI #Habsburg
Died #OnThisDay in 1822: English painter Arthur William #Devis (1762-1822)
Portrait of The Hon. William Monson and His Wife, Ann Debonnaire and an Indian Servant, ca. 1786
#BritishArt #ColouredPeopleInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1822: English painter Arthur William #Devis (1762-1822)
Portrait of a Gentleman, Possibly William Hickey, and an Indian Servant, ca. 1785
#BritishArt #ColouredPeopleInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1681: Dutch Painter active in England Gerard #Soest (ca. 1600-1681)
Portrait of Lady Margaret Hay, Countess of Roxburghe (ca. 1657-1753), ca. 1675
#DutchArt #EnglishArt #DogsInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1681: Dutch Painter active in England Gerard #Soest (ca. 1600-1681)
Portrait of Thomas Bulwer, 1654
#DutchArt #EnglishArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1681: Dutch Painter active in England Gerard #Soest (ca. 1600-1681)
Portrait of the Poet #SamuelButler (1612-1680), 1670s
#DutchArt #EnglishArt #EnglishLiterature #Hudibras