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Died OTD in 1337, the great Giotto, master of the renaissance. Wonder at the incredible intensity of his Betrayal. Christ & Judas. Eye to eye.
2/2 Kid in the tree: one of best details in Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes. It’s his day today.
Flight into Egypt at the Arena Chapel. Subject of the first great college art history lecture I ever heard. Life-changing. Thank you Charles Mitchell but epecialy Giotto: today is your day.
2/2 Tender moment in Giotto’s Nativity. Newborn burrito seems unusually alert and focused but hey, it’s Baby J!
Mary just staring blankly at a pear while Baby J attempts to destroy her coral necklace. Happy family, 1515, by Bernard van Orley of Brussels. It's his day.
2/2 Some Dutch artists moved to Rome. Adam van Breen moved to Norway. Loved the weather!
2/2 All dressed up a soldier, portrayed by Jacob Toorenvliet. It’s his day.
Fire! Wild fire in the forest, 1505, by Piero di Cosimo whose day is today. May 2022 be conspicuously lacking in such events!
2/2 Without Ceres and Bacchus, Venus would freeze. But - is this a painting? A drawing? An engraving? Brilliantly crossing media boundaries, it's Hendrick Goltzius in 1603.
Abraham van Beyeren, whose day is today, was more than just a painter of marvelous luxuries: here, ships in a squall, 1650, equally evocative in totally different way.