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Born #OnThisDay in 1805: German composer and pianist #FannyMendelssohn (1805-47)
Portrait by #MoritzDanielOppenheim (1800-82), 1842
#FannyHensel #WomenComposers #GermanComposers
The Jewish Museum, NY
Born #OnThisDay in 1719: German composer #LeopoldMozart (1719-87)
Portrait with his children by #LouisCarrogisCarmontelle (1717-1806), 1763
#Mozart #GermanComposers #FamilyPortraits
Born #OnThisDay in 1683: #GeorgeII (1683-1760), King of Great Britain & Ireland
Portrait by #GodfreyKneller (1646-1723), 1716
#Hanover
Born #OnThisDay in 1818: Russian writer #IvanTurgenev (1818-83)
Portrait by #IlyaRepin (1844-1930), 1874
#Turgenev #Тургенев #RussianLiterature
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Portrait of Manuela González Velázquez, ca. 1820
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Portrait of the Artist's Father, #AntonioGonzálezVelázquez (1723-93), 1785-8
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Self-portrait, ca. 1810-13
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1763: Spanish panter #ZacaríasGonzálezVelázquez (1763-1834)
Self-portrait, ca. 1798-1802
#GonzálezVelázquez #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1592: Dutch painter #GerardvanHonthorst (1592-1656)
Portrait of a Woman, 1655
#Honthorst #DutchBaroque
Died #OnThisDay in 1739: Irish painter #CharlesJervas (ca. 1675-1739)
Portrait of Lavinia Fenton, later Duchess of Bolton (1710-60)
#Jervas #CharlesJarvis #IrishArt