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A Disabled Black Flower-Seller Carts his Wares Through Town
England (c. 1790)
Hand-coloured stipple engraving on paper
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
https://t.co/fFxDOnJIbV
This painting's massive size doesn't always come across online:
Maerten de Vos
The Adoration of the Magi
Netherlands (c. 1550s)
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Valenciennes
photos via https://t.co/W6hsn6waVx & https://t.co/mt6QoxjU3L
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Portrait of Omai, a South Sea Islander who traveled to England with the second expedition of captain Cook
England (1776)
Oil on canvas
236 × 145.5 cm (92.9 × 57.3 in)
https://t.co/oHTR6KDFjc
Then again, when I look at these works, it's not so surprising that people care, after all
https://t.co/Lhoo1p8hhP
https://t.co/QduKlZ7HSM
https://t.co/P2Q7mc2i3v
https://t.co/cPrCqSgDjh
John Faber (after Willem Verelst)
“Tomo Chachi, Mico or King of Yamacraw, and Tooa-nahowi his Nephew, Son to the Mico of the Etchitas [Hitchitis],”
England (1734)
[opens as pdf] https://t.co/Xq6x6lTlZa
Reading that, then looking through my tumblr filtered for works JUST in the Louvre (there's something like 50): https://t.co/2ToPK2Ak2h
Giulio Romano assisted by Rinaldo Mantovano and Benedetto Pagni
Sala di Psiche: Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche (detail)
Italy (1527-30)
Fresco. Palazzo Te (Mantua)
I have a surprising amount of content about #fencing: https://t.co/KklBmaIVtZ
Paolo Veronese
Feast at the House of Simon the Pharisee
Italy (1570-73)
oil on canvas, 454 x 874 cm.
Musée National du Château, Versailles.
https://t.co/qjsVFz47yu
And then there's "distemper" paint, made with a combination of chalk, pigment, and either
1. animal glue
2. casein, a derivative of...cheese.
Yes. I said cheese.
This work is cheese paint on linen: https://t.co/6gvbyRAL9W