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Many dead things. One perhaps alive. Plus wine! Evening thoughts from Alejandro de Loarte, whose day has been today.
Killing an exceptionally large alligator in 1560s Florida, as recorded (ostensibly) by French traveler Jacques le Moyne des Morgues. It's his day today.
2/2 French roses and an oxeye daisy, beautifully studied in about 1570 by Jacques le Moyne, whose day is today.
2/2 Two lovely ladies from the Lake family painted in 1660 by Sir Peter Lely, who was born OTD in 1618
2/2 Dad's having a meeting, the kids are bored. Some things never change. From the camera picta by Andrea Mantegna.
Madonna lactans w/ eerie red & blue cherubim. Hyper-real yet utterly unreal. Right wing of Melun diptych, 1450, by Jean Fouquet. It’s his day.
4/4 Upside down & rightside up: the joys of Pieter Bruegel’s children.
Just infinitely lovely: the Stuppach Madonna, 1518, by Matthias Grünewald, whose day was today.
2/2 Hands and feet: a few moments of the agony explored by Matthias Grunewald, whose day is today.