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2/2 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 naturalist/artist 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.
2/2 A lot of angelic guests turned up for Christ's jolly wilderness picnic in 1610. By Ludovico Carracci, born on this day in 1555.
Girl. Fish. Cat. What do you suppose story was there? By Jacob Cuyp, whose day is today.
2/2 Two children with their pet livestock by Jacob Cuyp; cattle in Italianate landscape behind by his son Aelbert Cuyp. It's Jacob's day.
Scorn! Cupid brutally beats on hapless man while two women hold hands and look on... scornfully. Excellent allegory by Paolo Veronese, whose day was today.
2/2 This lovely portrait of Giuseppe da Porto & his son Adriano captures the boy's playfulness & the father's affection. By Paolo Veronese, 1556.
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? @PeripateticMe
An old man, beautifully portrayed in 1485 by Filippino Lippi, who died (alas!) on this day in 1505.