Dr. Peter Paul Rubensさんのイラストまとめ

2/2 Coming straight at you from 1652: Holy Family on the ferry. I'm sure there was a logic to this one, and Jacob Jordaens knew what it was!

2/2 A reminder of what winter was like in the little ice age. Harsh! But we still had fun, as chronicled here by Esaias van de Velde. It’s been his day.

Memories of winter: cottages along a frozen river, 1629, by Esaias van de Velde, who was born on this day in 1587.

Elegant party in the garden, 1619. Hopefully they are all celebrating Esaias van de Velde's birthday, which is today.

3/3 Getting rid of that pesky bishop. Never liked him much! Too Catholic. Now gone.

Traumatic memories for an artistic culture: the Netherlandish iconoclasm of 1566, painted over half a century later by Dirck van Delen. His day is today.

2/2 More brutal rocks from Domenico Veneziano, here as Saint John’s wilderness. Definitely not a hospitable place!

Saint Francis receives stigmata in a clearing among some brutal rocks. They were a specialty of Domenico Veneziano, who died (alas!) on this day in 1461.

4/4 Mary & Margaret Gainsborough in the 1770s, as proper young ladies. With puffy hair to complement fluffy dog! By Thomas Gainsborough, whose day is today.

Mr. & Mrs. Hallett, taking their morning walk in 1785. Immortalized by Thomas Gainsborough, whose birthday is today.