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Apple. 1570. By Jacques le Moyne des Morgues, during his time in England doing natural history studies. Today is his day.
Mouths & eyes, & hands sharpening a pen, after studies by Agostino Carracci. His day has been today.
2/2 At any moment, Saul will jump up in rage and attack David. You can see tension building in him. Another great early narrative print, 1508, from Lucas van Leyden. Today is his day.
Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Salome is fascinated by head of John the Baptist deposited on her platter, 1513. Gory neck discreetly hidden by Lucas van Leyden, whose day is today.
Watson, saved from shark, went on to live a long life (was Lord Mayor of London!) though absent a leg. His rescue painted in 1778 by John Singleton Copley, whose day is today.
Oops, forgot the babies! The Judgment of Solomon, 1508: beautiful early work by Sebastiano del Piombo, whose day is today. @medievalpoc
More fantastic flowers, in a glass vase on a stone table (great juxtapositions of texture and tactility!), by the amazing Rachel Ruysch, born on this day in 1664.
Three pomegranates. Two shells. One stag beetle. Brought together & painted by Giovanna Garzoni, whose day is today.
Very odd still life with shells, starring a tortoise, 1734. English, of course! For #WorldTurtleDay
Left wing of a blue roller, studied in 1512 by the great Albrecht Dürer. You would not believe that watercolor & gouache could capture this much detail! Dürer was born OTD in 1471.