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2/2 Susan MacDowell Eakins, a great portrait from 1899 by her husband Thomas Eakins. Today has been his day.
2/2 Another pear, a dragonfly, a carnation, and a prayer. From Joris Hoefnagel.
Born on this day in 1577, Adam Willaerts of Utrecht. Painter of marine things. Here, ships in a storm, 1636.
Edgar Degas (born OTD 1834): dancer taking a quick rehearsal break to catch up on the news. Cannot be as surreal as today's!
2/2 Rembrandt's mother. He loved her! Apparently she was also beloved by Sebastian Stosskopf, and it's his day.
2/2 The Arundel Marbles, now at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. He would have approved!
3/3 Looking somewhat strangled by his ruff, 23-year-old Thomas Slingsby in 1577, as painted by George Gower.
Five carnival revelers. One v. unhappy cat. Painted by Bartolomeo Passerotti of Bologna, born on this day in 1529.