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Very cold weather in Antwerp but skating is good & we've got a fire going on the bank for non-skaters. By Lucas van Valckenborch, d. OTD 1597.
Last Supper. In a box. No food. Sad! By Sassetta, painter of Siena, whose day is today.
Stormy weather at the shore. Evocative watercolor by Hendrick Avercamp. It's his birthday today.
Elegant outing on an ice-sled. Drawn by Hendrick Avercamp of Amsterdam, born on this day in 1585.
The world: it's big, it's out there, you can become rich, and powerful, and... it's all in vain. Nothing lasts. Downer! But that's Evert Collier, who was born on this day 1642.
A cold, cold day in 1653 and somebody is getting ready to go skating. Painted by Jan van de Cappelle, who had a share of today.
3/3 Waking up a sleeping friend by poking a burning candle under his nose. LOL joke that just never got old for Nicolas Regnier of Antwerp/Rome, whose day is today.
Keeping calm with Jan van de Cappelle: shipping in a calm with a States General yacht firing a salute, 1649.
3/3 Bunny, dead. Birds, mostly dead. But some alive, including terrifying owl. Cheerful scene from Pieter Boel of Antwerp. He loved birds, really.
Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Pieter Boel, of Antwerp & Paris. Painted animals dead & alive. Here, a truly stunning study of flamingos (alive).