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Christ expels money lenders, women with small naked children, livestock etc. from a very classical temple, because it's by Giovanni Paolo Panini. Today is his day.
2/2 Saint Christopher carrying the Christ child through a wonderfully luminous landscape. You can tell it was painted on copper! By Orazio Gentileschi, whose day is today.
2/2 Blind hunter Orion searches for the rising sun in this beautiful landscape by Nicolas Poussin, born OTD in 1594.
A dash of Rembrandt here as the angel leaves the family of Tobit: beautiful scene by Rembrandt's pupil Jan Victors. It's been his day today.
2/2 Construction of fortifications outside Haarlem, 1671. Bucolic scene barely interrupted by war preparations. By Gerrit Berckheyde, whose day has been today.
Sun strikes front of a house as it looks out over its gardens; men & dogs are hunting; artist sits on hillock and draws. Elswout estate in Overveen, painted by Gerrit Berckheyde. Today has been his day.
2/2 Another drama of the sky: seascape study with rain cloud, 1824. By John Constable, whose day is today.
Stonehenge in 1835, under a weird and wild sky. By John Constable, who was born on this day in 1776.
2/2 The Opening of Waterloo Bridge, as seen from Whitehall Stairs, 18 June 1817. Painted by John Constable, & exhibited in 1832.