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Revelations: The Vision of Saint John on the Island of Patmos, 1564. By Hans Bol, who was born on this day in 1534.
2/2 Blood of Adonis is transformed into flowers of the anemone. That crazy Ovid! As imagined within the frame of Venus & Adonis by Hans Bol, whose day is today.
Fall of Icarus. Here, everybody stops to watch -“these must be Gods!”- as Ovid says. Not like Bruegel’s revision! By Hans Bol, born on this day in 1534.
Europa, carried away by Zeus disguised as v. alluring bull. Somebody's been looking at Titian, but not liking colore (or clothing): Maerten de Vos of Antwerp, whose day is today.
3/3 Look at those flowers! By Daniel Seghers of Antwerp, Jesuit priest with talent. It’s his birthday.
Perky Lady Vanity by Hieronymus Janssens, pleased as punch to have A+ flowers painted around her by Daniel Seghers. Even if he was a Jesuit priest! It's his day today.
Cow. Drawn in 1663 by Adriaen van de Velde, an artist who appreciated livestock. It’s his day today. @DevinCow
Arch of Constantine in a very bucolic Rome, 1645. By Alessandro Salucci working with Jan Miel, whose day is today.
2/2 Nebuchadnezzar. 1795. By William Blake: it was his day today.