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I and the village, 1911: a marvelous love-note to home from Marc Chagall, who was born on this day in 1887.
He: crazy about her. She: not sure how she got involved with this guy. Parrot: why is there a parrot?? Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming, painted by Charles Willson Peale in 1788.
Watson, saved from the shark, went on to live a long life (was Lord Mayor of London!) tho absent a leg. Painted in 1778 by John Singleton Copley, whose day is today.
Born on this day in 1738, in Boston, John Singleton Copley. Painter of portraits and the occasional history scene. Here by himself around 1780.
2/2 Collaborating again: allegory of Earth by Paul de Vos (whose day is today), working with his brother Cornelis de Vos.
Five carnival revelers. One v. unhappy cat. Painted by Bartolomeo Passerotti of Bologna, born on this day in 1529.
Caught between an angry wife and a puffer fish. Not a good place to be! Fish seller, 1580s, by Bartolomeo Passerotti. It’s his day.
Stream overhung by trees: watercolor by me from 1637. Peace, calm, serenity. These things seem to be in short supply in your century, so enjoy this moment from mine.
2/2 A GOOD dad with his son. And his son's lovely mum. It's me, of course! In our garden, in 1635.
Also sharing today, the little-known Reyer van Blommendael of Haarlem. It's his birthday! Here, mother feeding her child.