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@RogerHutchinsI1 I really love my painting of the Orange Tree garden at #ChiswickHouse by the very talented artist Roger Hutchins. The ionic Temple (like many of the other garden fabriques), was designed by Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington (1694-1753). @Chiswick_House
Peter Francis Lewis Bourgeois (November 1753 – 8 January 1811) was a British painter
By 1752 the Gainsboroughs were in Ipswich. Portraits & money troubles (driven by his love of the good life) were a theme. He sought to place his portraits in sylvan surrounds. The Gravenor Family (1752-4), John Plampin (1753-5) & the Lloyds (1755)
Born #OnThisDay in 1747: Holy Roman Emperor #LeopoldII (1747-92)
Portrait as a child by #MartinvanMeytens (1695-1770), ca. 1753
#Habsburg #ChildrenInArt
Schloss Eggenberg
Born #OnThisDay in 1764: #ÉlisabethofFrance (1764-94), granddaughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait seated at her harp by #CharlesLeClercq (1753-1821), 1783
#MadameÉlisabeth #Bourbon
Fabulous 1753 depiction of itinerant tradesman by Marcellus Laroon @jjcollephemera - notice the spectacles! Small vision aids were widely sold in streets and diverse shops in cities like London for centuries: https://t.co/Tu5ukgALNf #history #twitterstorians #histSTM #earlymodern
“Venus llorando la muerte de Adonis” es una pintura del artista francés, Jean-Faur Courrége creada alrededor de 1753.
The fifth painting in gallery 55 by Fragonard is “Diana and Endymion” (c. 1753/1756).
Jean-Honoré Fragonard was born #OnThisDay in 1732. This is an early work by him, which was presented to Louis XV at Versailles in 1753. It illustrates an episode from the classical story of Cupid and Psyche: https://t.co/SgO78LiOJF
François Levaillant: Explorer, Naturalist, and Ornithologist Extraordinaire - Explorer, naturalist, and ornithologist extraordinaire François Levaillant was born on 6 August 1753 in Paramaribo ... https://t.co/1ahFptkSbB #18thcentury #18thc #Levaillant
Born #OnThisDay in 1686: French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer #JeanBaptisteOudry (1686-1755)
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste #Perronneau (1715-83), 1753
#Oudry #FrenchArt
Time to sow herbs:
“In March & in April from morning to night
In sowing & setting good housewives delight,
To have in a garden or other like plot
To physic their house, or to furnish their pot.”
(Good husbandry 1753,🎨Waterhouse)
#FolkloreThursday #InternationalWomensDay #herbs
By 1752 the Gainsboroughs were in Ipswich. Portraits & money troubles (driven by his love of the good life) were a theme. He sought to place his portraits in sylvan surrounds. The Gravenor Family (1752-4), John Plampin (1753-5) & the Lloyds (1755)
Died #OnThisDay in 1681: Dutch Painter active in England Gerard #Soest (ca. 1600-1681)
Portrait of Lady Margaret Hay, Countess of Roxburghe (ca. 1657-1753), ca. 1675
#DutchArt #EnglishArt #DogsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1756: #MariaTheresaofSavoy (1756-1805), Countess of Artois by marriage to Charles Philippe of Bourbon (later King #CharlesX)
Portrait with children Louis-Antoine, Sophie & Charles-Ferdinand by #CharlesLeClercq (1753-1821),1780-2
#Savoy #Bourbon #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1773, Prince #AugustusFrederick of the United Kingdom, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843), son of King #GeorgeIII
Portrait by #Henri-Pierre Danloux (1753-1809), 1794
#Hanover
#FondationBemberg
13 janvier 1751 : Sur une idée du maréchal de Saxe, le roi Louis XV décide de créer l’École militaire.
Faute de moyens, sa construction fut très laborieuse, ne débutant qu'en 1753, arrêté en 1760 pour reprendre en 1768.
La 1re pierre fut symboliquement posée le 1er juin 1769.
JEAN-HONORÉ DE FRAGONARD ...Diana y Endimión, 1753-1756,(Washington, National Gallery)