Paintings for Holy Week: but on Good Friday, not paintings, but two masterly etchings by Rembrandt, who had talent for drawing a crowd. Christ Presented to the People (1655), a tawdry scene of mob justice. Christ Crucified: The Three Crosses (1653), drama told in darkness & light

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Painting of Helios (as Personification of Midday,c. 1765), Greek God and personification of the Sun by Neoclassical German painter Anton Raphael Mengs. He was the son of the Titans Hyperion&Theia and brother of the goddesses Selene (the Moon) and Eos (the dawn).#FolkloreThursday

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I love his intense psychological portraits which are forebears you the expressionist German portraits of the 20th C. Here’s a Venetian Woman (1505), Burkard von Speyer (1506) & Portrait of a Girl (1515). The latter drawing fascinated me as a child.

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Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (Polish, 1849-1915), Hunting Dogs

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Alfred Wierusz-Kowalski (Polish, 1849-1915), "Wolf"

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I have flat digital headshots ($30), half bodies ($45), and fullbodies ($60).

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Background paintings by Irv Wyner for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts from the 1950s

Paintings from Napoleon Bunny-Part (1956), Stork Naked (1955) and Red Riding Hoodwinked (1955), all directed by Friz Freleng

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The Draught is one of his Papal cartoons. They are now held in the V&A in London. Nude Study (1515), The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1515) & Double Portrait (1518).

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Born in 1863: and by Rhine (1863-1950), later Marchioness of Milford Haven, granddaughter of

Portrait as a girl by (1822-1905), 1870

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Choose 4 fictional characters that mean a lot to you: Ignis Scientia (FF 15), Sterkenburg Cranach (Atelier Arland Series), Haku (Alatsuki no Yona), Seiya Kou (Sailor Moon) Tag: Whoever likes https://t.co/BrTrtxFUf8

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Donatus of Muenstereifel (p5), anonymous, Thijs Collection (University of Antwerp) https://t.co/zykYPOhIjA (Palette: 🖌🎨

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Here is one of Sargent’s paintings of Gondoliers (about whom he was besotted). Also shown is his fascination with sleepers. Gondolier (1905), Siesta (1905) & Peter Harrison Asleep (c1905)

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Born in 1758: French painter Pierre-Paul (1758-1823)

Portrait of Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (1761-1825), Catharina Nahuys (1770-1844) and their children Catharina (1790-1842) & Gerrit (1794-1863), 1801-2

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Concept art by Hayao Miyazaki for Sherlock Hound (1984–1985), dir. Hayao Miyazaki and Kyosuke Mikuriya, Tokyo Movie Shinsha

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Ghost in the Shell (1995), Berserk (1997), Fullmetal Alchemist (2003), and Cowboy Bebop come highly recommended.

Tagging &

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The beauty of his cooks & waiters is that in theory their uniforms should erase their individuality. But Soutine uses that sameness to emphasise their uniqueness. Bellboy (c1925), the Best Man (c1924), Woman enters the Water (c1931) & Plucked Goose (1932-3).

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Damien Hirst (British, b. 1965), Beautiful Spin for Eleanor, 2011. Acrylic on paper, diameter: 51 cm. \ (•o•) /

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Charity Tedder (25), a dental student at University of Plymouth and daughter of a leading virologist, has written an e-book to help children cope with Covid-19.

'A Message from Corona', illustrated by talented Kent-based artist, Leighton Noyes, explains vividly and engagingly...

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➡️Rosamund, 1916, par John William Waterhouse.
➡️Rosemonde Cifford et le roi Henri II d'Angleterre, par Raymond .A. Quinsac Monvoisin, 1827.
Rosemonde Clifford, dite la Belle Rosemonde (av. 1140-1175), favorite du roi Henri II d'Angleterre.

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