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Born #OnThisDay in 1552: Bolognese painter #LaviniaFontana (1552-1614)
Portrait of a Girl, early 1580s
#Fontana #BologneseArt #WomenArtists
Born #OnThisDay in 1754: #LouisXVI, King of France (1754-93)
Portrait Joseph #Duplessis (1725-1802), 1775
#Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1836: #MarieHenrietteofAustria (1836-1902), Queen of Belgium as spouse of King Leopold II
Portrait by #LouisGallait (1810-87), 1876
#Habsburg #SaxeCoburgGotha
Born #OnThisDay in 1725: French painter #JeanBaptisteGreuze (1725-1805)
Portrait of Nicolas-Pierre-Baptiste Anselme, called Baptiste aîné, ca. 1790
#Greuze #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1765: #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837)
Portrait by #MartinArcherShee (1769-1850), ca. 1800
#Hanover
Born #OnThisDay in 1765: #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837)
Portrait by #EdwardHarding (1755-1840)
#Hanover
Born #OnThisDay in 1765: #WilliamIV, King of the United Kingdom (1765-1837)
Portrait as a boy with brother #Edward by #BenjaminWest (1738-1820), 1778
#Hanover #ChildrenInArt #BrothersInArt
Died #OnThisDay in 1821: French painter #MarieDeniseVillers (1774-1821), née Lemoine
Portrait by the Artist's sister #MarieVictoireLemoine (1754-1820)
#Villers #FrenchArt #WomenArtists
Born #OnThisDay in 1743: #JeanneBécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93), mistress of #LouisXV
Portrait by Élisabeth Louise #VigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), 1782
#MadameduBarry #Bourbon
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Born #OnThisDay in 1743: #JeanneBécu, Comtesse du Barry (1743-93), mistress of #LouisXV
Portrait by Élisabeth Louise #VigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), 1781
#MadameduBarry #Bourbon