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2/2 Lovely portrait of Giuseppe da Porto & his son Adriano perfectly 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: Would it be OK if I just changed the title to Feast in the House of Levi?
Scorn! Cupid brutally beats on hapless man while two women hold hands and look on... scornfully. Excellent allegory by Paolo Veronese, d. OTD 1588.
Old Man, beautifully portrayed in 1485 by Filippino Lippi, who died OTD in 1505.
2/2 One fellow has passed out in terror at poor little dragon. Sad!
Plague pic du jour: The devotion of Monseigneur de Belzunce during the plague in Marseille, 1720. As painted in the 19th century by Nicolas André Monsiaux.
3/3 Study for the head of Saint James. And a bit of architecture. And a hand. By Leonardo da Vinci, whose day is today.
2/2 On the back of Ginevra's portrait: laurel wreath, palm, sprig of juniper, and motto virtutem forma decorat (virtue adorns beauty). Her inner beauty as signified by Leonardo, whose day is today.
Introducing the two cousins: Virgin of the Rocks (Louvre version), 1483, by Leonardo da Vinci. Today is his day.
Women messing with men’s heads du jour (or de la nuit): Judith beheads Holofernes in an army encampment by moonlight. By Gillis Coignet of Antwerp, whose day was today.