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Born #OnThisDay in 1695: #Swedish #politician Count Carl Gustaf #Tessin (1695-1770)
#Portrait by Louis #Tocqué (1696-1772), 1741
#FrenchArt #Portraiture #Rococo
#Nationalmuseum
Died #OnThisDay in 1645: #Dutch #playwright, philosopher, and #jurist Hugo #Grotius
#Portrait at the age of 16 by Jan van #Ravesteyn (1572-1657), 1599
#HugoGrotius #HugodeGroot #HuigdeGroot #DutchArt #Portraiture
#FondationCustodia
Died #OnThisDay in 1660: #Spanish #Baroque #painter Diego #Velázquez (1599-1660)
#Portrait of #PhilipIV #KingofSpain (1601-65) in in Fraga, 1644
#DiegoVelázquez #SpanishArt #Portraiture #Habsburg #FelipeIV #SpanishRoyalty
#FrickCollection
Died #OnThisDay in 1788: #English #Painter Thomas #Gainsborough (1727-88)
#Portrait of the Honourable Frances Duncombe (1757-1827), ca. 1777
#EnglishArt #Portraiture #Rococo
#TheFrickCollection