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3/3 English contribution to #WorldTurtleDay -- Still Life with Tortoise. 1743. Very nice!
2/2 Left wing of a blue roller, 1500. Amazing, mesmerizing study, filled with precise observation. By the great Albrecht Dürer, born OTD in 1471.
Bandits preparing to ambush passing wagons. Travel was a dangerous business in my time! By Esaias van de Velde, born OTD in 1587.
Floating through the sky with bubbles, birds, and lots of putti: allegory of air, by my pupil Cornelis Schut. Today is his day.
2/2 Virgin and Child with cousins Elizabeth & John, plus scads of putti just hanging around waiting to play with Baby J. By my pupil Cornelis Schut, born OTD in 1597.
2/2 Legend of William Tell with, as audience, the Antwerp archers' Guild of Saint Sebastian, 1672. Wild & glorious collaboration between Karel-Emmanuel Biset, Philips Immenraet, & Wilhelm van Ehrenberg, whose day is today.
Wonderful record of a 17th-century frame-maker’s workshop, drawn by Salomon de Bray of Haarlem, whose day is today.
2/2 Salomon de Bray drew the sleeping cuties before painting them in 1646
Tiny twins! Clara & Albert de Bray, painted in 1646 by proud uncle Salomon de Bray. Today is his day.
2/2 Cornelia Vekemans (or possibly her sister Elisabeth) looking extremely grown-up yet still like a kid. Yes, Cornelis de Vos was good at this! And today is his day.