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Just when you think you've found a nice, private spot for some music, courtship, etc, Death and Folly show up and try to join in the fun. So annoying! By Pieter Coecke van Aelst, born OTD 1502.
2/2 Apelles hides behind his painting to overhear the critics. I do not recommend this! One worthwhile comment: a cobbler said he'd done the sandals wrong. Other comments were all garbage. By Giorgio Vasari, whose day is today.
2/2 Allegory of the art of painting. She's doing Dante! From the Casa Vasari, painted of course by Giorgio Vasari. Born OTD in 1511.
Boy playing the flute. A brilliant, absolutely brilliant, composition. One of the all-time best. Moves me every time I look at it. By Judith Leyster, star of Haarlem, 1635. It's her day.
2/2 Unity, Love, & Righteousness (binding arrows again) have won out over Discord, who is there in the background looking frenzied. More cheerful allegory by Abraham Janssens, whose day is today.
The Sibyl Agrippina, painted by my colleague Abraham Janssens of Antwerp. It's his day today.
Noli me tangere: risen Christ appears to Mary Magdalene as a gardener, sun-burnt hands and all. He's really mostly concerned about that artichoke plant there behind her. By Abraham Janssens, whose day is today.
2/2 Walt Whitman napping. Sounds like an excellent idea. Good night!
Turtle up, turtle down: first page of the volume on Water from Joris Hoefnagel's Four Elements series. Today is his day.