Dr. Peter Paul Rubensさんのイラストまとめ

Road through wheat fields, but stealing the show is that amazing Dutch sky. By Jacob van Ruisdael, who died OTD in 1682.

2/2 They were just trying to have a nice, quiet picnic when all of a sudden the neighbors showed up in Commedia del'Arte costumes and attempted an amusing skit. By Louis de Caullery.

Died (alas!) on this day in 1657, Balthasar van der Ast. Collected, arranged & painted things of natural beauty. Here, basket of fabulous flowers, some fruits, & a few shells, one inhabited. 1622.

2/2 I made this drawing after Michelangelo's brilliant Libyan Sibyl in the Sistine Chapel. Toes included.

Michelangelo's fantastic Entombment, an early work from ca. 1500. Always love this painting's total sense of unreality, & strong grace. Today is Michelangelo's birthday.

Judged: Athena, Venus (winner), Juno. The three goddesses after Paris, painted by Hans von Aachen in 1593. Today is his day.

2/2 Allegory of wealth, in which we note that nobody really looks very happy. By Hans von Aachen, who died on this day in 1615.

Women Messing with Men's Heads du jour: Queen Tomyris with the head of Cyrus. Revenge! Worried what lesson modern ladies (& dog) at right are taking from this. By Michiel Coxcie, born OTD 1499.

2/2 Henri II and Catherine de' Medici in happier times, with a few ancient deities in the sky. And a flaming cornucopia! Also a tapestry design, and by Antoine Caron. It's his day.

3/3 Dragging the victim: it's Slander, attended by Fraud & Conspiracy. Beautiful and deadly. Yes, Botticelli is the man for the moment!