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'The Etching Admirers'
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Gustave Courbet.

Enough said.

Annibale Carracci died in 1609 with the words: "This time, my dear doctor, the workings of the clock are broken, you need not concern yourself with them further, they are beyond repair".

Adriaen Brouwer (on the right) proving that the painter's appearance does not always tally with that of his subject.

In 1633 Brouwer was jailed in Antwerp, possibly for tax evasion, although the authorities believed he was a spy.

Brouwer died of the plague at 32 years of age.

I know this portrait was painted in 1663 by Ferdinand Bol, Rembrandt's pupil, but if you take away the clothes, that face you could see sitting opposite you on the Tube or giving you a parking ticket.

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Have a happy week.

Sarah Bernhardt, actress, had a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and was admired by Victor Hugo and Sigmund Freud.

Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?'
Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn.'

(Portrait by Belgian painter Henri Joseph Thomas)

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Happy Sunday!

@rootnk @ANewU2day @alleycat579 @HhbSmathers @KaceyKells @M_Cobbett71 @DBCarterAuthor @JillCShannon @LisaThomasBooks @NigamaRv @crystalnapolit2 @sieberhagencri1 @JessSFrankel @missmackieuk @susanwingate @d_ast777 Thank you.