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Giambattista Pittoni/Giovanni Battista Pittoni (1687 - 1767)
The Sacrifice of Polyxena, c 1733 - 1734
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The Parthenon was extensively damaged in 1687, when an ammunition store was hit by a shell from Venetian besiegers. Before & after paintings: by Jacques Carrey (1674: detail) & Pierre Peytier (1830s); a mosque had been built inside by the Ottomans #MuseumsUnlocked Day 131
@hyxpk Isaac Newton, moments before beginning his theory on gravity (1687, colorized)
Hear ye! 'Tis time for #StuartsSaturday! Today's theme is the life of NELL GWYNN, a Restoration actress and royal mistress, who died #OTD 14 November 1687 (b. 1650). Portrait of Nell Gwyn, attributed to Simon Verelst, circa 1670. #KeepItStuart #17thCentury #SexyStuarts
Johann Falch (? 1687-1727), A forest floor with a lizard, a snake and a snail among weeds, Oil on panel
@17thCenturyLady @MuseumCromwell @penswordbooks @kristianjmartin @quintonjournals @cheapsellotape @tomb1649 @CryssaBazos I’m going to nominate James II’s visit to Banbury in 1687. He was attacked by a dog, so pulled out a pistol and shot it. The noise startled the Earl of Abingdon’s horse, throwing the Earl out of the saddle and leaving him with a nasty boo-boo...
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Current posts: Storyboard Artist, - My name is Don Hinds, and I am the owner of the Young Don The Sauce God YouTube channel which has 1.8 million... https://t.co/0WCrnqZN7W 1687
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Born #OnThisDay in 1681: #HedvigSophiaofSweden (1681-1708), Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, daughter of King #KarlXI
Portrait as a child with her brother #KarlXII by #DavidKlöckerEhrenstrahl (1628-98), 1687
#PalatinateZweibrücken #HolsteinGottorp #ChildrenInArt #SiblingsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1692: English painter #JosephHighmore (1692-1780)
Portrait of Henry Stebbing (1687-1763), 1757
#Highmore #BritishArt #Georgian
French diplomat Simon de La Loubère was born #otd 1642. In 1687, he was appointed as Louis XIV's envoy extraordinary to the court of #Siam (#Thailand). His #travel account is considered to be the best 17th-century work on Thailand:
https://t.co/m910TSEV52
#history #rarebooks
Born #OnThisDay in 1650: #NellGwyn (1650-1687), mistress of #CharlesII
Portrait attributed to #SimonVerelst (1644-1721), ca. 1670
#Stuart #DutchArt #Baroque