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#OnThisDay 1728 Jean Siméon Chardin is admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture as a painter of still lifes...
Born #OnThisDay in 1669: #AnneMariedOrléans (1669-1728), Queen of Sardinia as spouse of #VictorAmadeusII of Savoy
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1680s
#Bourbon #BourbonOrléans #Savoy
week 353: Field madder (Sherardia arvensis), the only species in the genus Sherardia, was named in honour of Leicestershire-born William Sherard (1659–1728).
Sherard, who endowed the Sherardian Professor of Botany at the @UniofOxford, was an architect of 18th century botany...
Born #OnThisDay in 1726: #VictorAmadeusIII, King of Sardinia (1726-96)
Portrait by #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
#VittorioAmedeoIII #Savoy
Paolo de Matteis (9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter.Matteis Adoration of the Shepherds
Born #OnThisDay in 1692: English painter #JosephHighmore (1692-1780)
Portrait of the Artist’s Wife Susanna, Son Anthony & Daughter Susanna , ca. 1728
#Highmore #BritishArt #Georgian #ChildrenInArt
@eevriviades @visitcyprus @LeventisMuseum @crewsproject @ReCyPot @cypriotartleeds @CAARI_Cyprus @ErinAverett @culturalchcuk @britishmuseum @AshmoleanMuseum "#Jupiter and #Leda"
Copper (stipple in most part) etching by Francesco #Bartolozzi (1728-1815) figures and Benjamin Charles #Comte (landscape).
After the painting by F. Viera
Printed by McQueen. London, 1814
Leda, daughter of #Zhestios and #Eurythemis
A rhyme of rival courtesans? In The Beggar’s Opera (1728) 'Lucy Lockit' loses her (rich)man to Polly. In reality 18thc courtesans Kitty Fisher & Maria Gunning were rivals; Maria wed wealthy Lord Coventry but Kitty had an affair with him thus 'picking her pocket' #FolkloreThursday
Après plusieurs années de recherches le @staedelmuseum a pu identifier 3 000 dessins de la collection offerte par Johann Friedrich Städel (1728–1816). Grâce @Artists_atwork, Ils présentent 95 feuilles, illustrant qualité et éclectisme, jusqu'au 16 août. https://t.co/J539h4NTKb
Flower Bough, from "Recueil de Fleurs Chinois", 1728-1808 https://t.co/0aN2LooGtp #openaccess #cooperhewittdesignmuseum
刻暦 4月28日(火) 象の日🐘
1728年(新暦:6月5日)に清王朝の商人と共に来日したベトナムの象が、時の中御門(ナカミカド)天皇と対面したことから。象といえば、まるで手のように器用な鼻はいつみても感動を覚えるな!
「見ろ、ゾウさんだ!」
MEISSEN SLOP-BOWL
CIRCA 1728, ENAMELLED BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S 73.
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Archduchess #MariaTheresaofAustria (1767-1827), 1771
#Mengs #GermanArt #RomanArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Isabel de Parreño y Arce, Marchioness of Llano, ca. 1775
#Mengs #GermanArt #SpanishArt #BirdsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of French painter #LouisdeSilvestre (1675-1760), ca. 1745
#Mengs #GermanArt #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Welsh painter #RichardWilson (1714-1782), 1752
#Mengs #GermanArt #WelshArt