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2/2 Cow. Drawn in 1663 by Adriaen van de Velde, who appreciated livestock. It’s his day today.
Arch of Constantine in a very bucolic Rome, 1645. By Alessandro Salucci with Jan Miel, whose day is today.
2/2 Horn and drum: musicians at Hogarth's Southwark Fair, 1733. Plus the Trojan horse! @medievalpoc
Born on this day in 1699, Jean-Baptiste Simeon Chardin. Here giving hiself a look in 1771.
Born on this day (or nearly) in 1638, in Amsterdam, Meindert Hobbema. Painter of wonderfully inhabitable landscapes. Here, High Road, 1665.
Pablo Picasso was constantly reenvisioning Velazquez's Las Meninas. If you must be obsessed with a painting, that's a good one. Picasso, friend of the Old Masters: his day is today.
3/3 Trend! The three Van Beveren boys pausing from hunt, strangely clad in pseudo-Polish garb (really!), and their page too. Dogs are normal. All painted in the 1650s by Aelbert Cuyp, whose day is today. @medievalpoc
2/2 Hare, after Albrecht Durer. Otherwise not important. No coat of arms! By Hans Hoffman.
A very hairy Mary! Penitent Magdalene, clad entirely in her own abundant tresses, by Alejandro de Loarte of Toledo. His day is today.