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Raise a glass! It's been Anthonie Palamedesz's day, and a very merry one it was.
Small dour boy in all black feeds biscuit to evil goat in 1655. No good ending forecast for this lad! By Anthonie Palamedesz, whose day is today.
2/2 Bellini's feast of the Gods, at which nobody seems to be having much fun. He: I am a god and you turn me on. She: You are not a god and I have so had it with this party.
Sunlight falls through windows, adding to the geometric pattern on floor. A woman is playing music. And a man listens from the shadowed bed. Painted by Emanuel de Witte, whose day is today.
2/2 The Oude Kerk in Delft, during a sermon, 1669. Again with that great play of light, which Emanuel de Witte is so good at. Today is his day.
Youth, with fond memories of warmer times: boys swimming in 1655, painted by Nicolas Maes. It's his day.
Died (alas!) on this day in 1693, in Amsterdam, Nicolaes Maes. Marvelous painter of daily life and portraits. Here by himself in 1685, as a famous old dude.
Maria of Orange, making so many dreadful fashion errors in assembling her hunting gear, 1665. Hunting! The mind boggles. By Jan Mijtens, whose day has been today.
Willem van den Kerckhoven, his wife, their many children, and their several dogs in 1652. Plus horse arriving late for the picture. By Jan Mijtens, whose day is also today.