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2/2 Lunch time and that beer is excellent! Two men in the kitchen, 1687, by Cornelis Dusart.
2/2 Peace: burial at sea. By J.M.W. Turner (born OTD 1775), commemorating the burial of his friend & colleague, artist David Wilkie, who died on the way home from Jerusalem in 1841.
Some very vigorous fountains in this Italianate garden painted by Hendrick Danckerts, whose day has been today.
3/3 Agneta Block was a patron of naturalistartist Maria Sibylla Merian, who recorded this pineapple w/ exciting cockroaches in her Insects of Surinam, 1705
2/2 The first pineapple grown in continental Europe was produced by Agneta Block at her estate Vijverhof. It's in the left corner of her portrait by Jan Weenix from 1694.
The Carracci cousins of Bologna: Annibale and Agostino flanking Ludovico, who was born on this day in 1555.
Fish Market, 1627. Brilliant work by Jacob Cuyp. Fish seller & woman stare at each other. Maid in red stares at you.
2/2 Girl. Fish. Cat. What do you suppose story was there? By Jacob Cuyp, whose day is today.
2/2 Oh no, it's the Last Supper! Inquisition: Mr. Veronese, with what justification did you include all these details Not Mentioned In The Bible? Veronese: Er… Would it be OK if I just changed the title to Feast in the House of Levi?
Scorn! Cupid brutally beats on hapless man while two women hold hands and look on... scornfully. Excellent allegory by Paolo Veronese, d. OTD in 1588.