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Born #OnThisDay in 1657: #CatherineSedley, Countess of Dorchester (1657-1717), mistress of King #JamesII
Portrait by #PeterCross (ca. 1645-1724), ca. 1685-90
#Stuart
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: #MarieAdélaïdeofSavoy (1685-1712), Dauphine of France as wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy, daughter of #VictorAmadeusII
Portrait by #JeanBaptisteSanterre (1651-1717), 1709
#Savoy #Bourbon
Died (alas!) on this day in 1693, in Amsterdam, Nicolaes Maes. Marvelous painter of daily life and portraits. Here by himself in 1685, as a famous old dude.
【グラブル】ぐらぶるっ!1685話 艇の旅の為にもっと鍛えたいミレイユ https://t.co/Nkzj2fMhfP #スーパーマリオラン
Here's an interesting snippet for Monday. While going through a set of Dutch prints from 1677, I spotted the classic 'Montero' on the head of a soldier. I've often wondered if this head gear was the origin of the Grenadier Cap.
#FightingForLiberty1685 #17thCentury #History
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: #CharlesVI (1685-1740), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by studio of #JacobvanSchuppen (1670-1751), 18th century
#KarlVI #Habsburg
Born #OnThisDay in 1685: #CharlesVI (1685-1740), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by #GodfreyKneller (1646-1723), ca. 1704-5
#KarlVI #Habsburg
Born #OnThisDay in 1751: #LouisJosephXavierofFrance (1751-61), Duke of Burgundy, grandson of #LouisXV
Portrait by #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766), 1754
#Bourbon #ChildrenInArt
Portrait of Ulrik (1684-1685), Prince of Sweden, 1685, by #AnnaMariaEhrenstrahl (Swedish, 1666-1729), who was born #otd (Sept 4). Held at NatMus_SWE; source, https://t.co/UyBVCzWPnU #artherstory #womenartists
A Roman mosaic was discovered at #Wellow #Somerset in 1685 and recorded by John Aubrey
His drawing shows incredible detail for the period AND includes a scale ! 🤩😍
It is possible the central panel contained an image of #Orpheus
#MosaicMonday
Born #OnThisDay in 1727: #LouiseÉlisabethofFrance (1727-59), Duchess of Parma, daughter of #LouisXV
Portrait by workshop of #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766), ca. 1750
#Bourbon #BourbonParma
Born #OnThisDay in 1727: #LouiseÉlisabethofFrance (1727-59), Duchess of Parma, daughter of #LouisXV
Portrait with daughter #IsabellaofParma by #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766), 1750
#Bourbon #BourbonParma #ChildrenInArt
Gaspar van Wittel detto Vanvitelli, Veduta di Villa Medici a #Roma, 1685, #GalleriaPalatina
#ViaggioinItalia #Estateitaliana @_MiBACT @VillaMedicis
Oggi nel 1685 moriva il pittore #GiovanniBattistaSalvi, detto il Sassoferrato.
(VERGINE MARIA, anno 1640-1650, National Gallery, #Londra).
#8agosto.
🔳Mary was born in 1685 CE, in the Kingdom of England, as an illegitimate child. In order to keep receiving financial support, her mother dressed her as a boy because, apparently, Mary's mother-in-law hated girls.
#WorldWatercolorMonth #gouache
These 17th Century, French flower studies are from an album containing 62 botanical drawings with gilt-edged pages. 🌷🌸🌺
Attributed to Nicolas Robert, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, (French, 1614-1685).
Born #OnThisDay in 1737: #LouiseofFrance (1737-87), daughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait as a girl by #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766), ca. 1748
#MadameLouise #Bourbon #ChildrenInArt