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Born #OnThisDay in 1736: Spanish painter #JoaquínInza y Ainsa (1736-1811)
Portrait of Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain (1755-1817), ca. 1760-4
#Inza #SpanishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1736: Spanish painter #JoaquínInza y Ainsa (1736-1811)
Portrait of Infante Gabriel of Spain (1752-88), ca. 1760
#Inza #SpanishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1736: Spanish painter #JoaquínInza y Ainsa (1736-1811)
Portrait of #MariaAmaliaofSaxony (1724-60), Queen of Spain, ca. 1760
#Inza #SpanishArt
#OnThisDay 1919 a national day of peace was held to mark the end of World War 1. #Corsham Court hosted a children's sports day & refreshments. In 2019 the event was recreated as part of centenary celebrations. Here's the court on a non-festival day, c.1905
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Giacomo Balla, born #OnThisDay in 1871, was an #Italian #painter & key proponent of #Futurism. He depicted light, speed, & movement in his works.
📷 Credit: @googlearts, "Espansione dinamica + velocità (Dynamic expansion + speed)" by #GiacomoBalla, 1913.
#birthday #OTD
Born #onthisday1834 Edgar Degas French #impressionist #painter #sculptor #printmaker & #drawing famous 4 obsessive depiction ballet dancers One of seminal group #artists intrigued by challenge of capturing interplay of light in urban leisure scenes Édouard Manet & Mme. Manet …
#OnThisDay 13 years ago, July 18, 2008 - 'The Dark Knight' was released in theaters.
Batman: the animated series & The Dark Knight inspired artwork by https://t.co/tDL1EPvEsX
18 July 64 AD: The great fire of Rome broke out and destroyed much of the city.
Sketch by Travis Simpkins
https://t.co/UjuDuBuUwV
#Nero #Emperor #Rome #Roman #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #history #OnThisDay #otd #TravisSimpkins #art #ArtHistory #archaeology #ArtMuseum #WAM #sketch
Rudolf II was also a notable patron of arts (especially of Northern Mannerist art), humanities & sciences.
Rudolf painted as Vertumnus, Roman God of the seasons, by one of his favourite artists Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1590–91).
#History #OTD #OnThisDay #Art
#OnThisDay 1801 Cdr Matthew Flinders sailed from
Portsmouth in HMS INVESTIGATOR charged with the task of circumnavigating Terra Australis. Which he did, naming many inlets, ports and features. He also pushed for the name #Australia to be used to define the land.
Happy 6th Anniversary of Steven Universe episode “Friend Ship” 🌟🚀💕💫 it aired on @cartoonnetwork in July 17, 2015 🎉💖💎 I Love this episode where The Crystal Gems explore an ancient Gem spaceship. 🌸🌹⭐️ #StevenUniverse #OnThisDay https://t.co/aekNG91NSY
Florence Balcombe (AKA Mrs Bram Stoker) was born #OnThisDay in 1858 so it's "Dracula Salad" for lunch...
Here's her recipe, printed in a Cruden Bay church pamphlet; the illustration that will feature in A Gothic Cookbook; and a pic from our recipe testing
#DRACULA #cookbook #OTD
#otd in 1553. Mary ordered the guns from the royal ships to be landed in preparation for Northumberland's arrival.
#History #Tudors #ladyjanegrey #OnThisDay #QueenJane
Roald Amundsen — the Norwegian explorer who, with his team, became the first to reach the South Pole — was born #onthisday in 1872. See our highlights of the wonderful set of photos from the 1910–12 expedition: https://t.co/NeIvHPOlvz #OTD
English painter #SirJoshuaReynolds, was born #onthisday 1723.⠀
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This outstanding work, dated c.1775, depicts Mrs Elizabeth Carnac. The sun-dappled landscape setting shows the artist’s response to the portrait innovations of his rival, Gainsborough.
Rembrandt van Rijn was born #onthisday 415 years ago.
We are excited to bring the exhibition REMBRANDT IN PRINT to Cork this autumn/winter for its only Irish dates in partnership with @AshmoleanMuseum and supported by @KLM.
https://t.co/ldXCkitEFC #Rembrandt #KeepDiscovering
Happy 4th Anniversary of Star vs. the Forces of Evil: The Battle for Mewni 💖🌟🎉 it aired on @DisneyXD in June 15, 2017 🎊💕⭐️ we love how Star returns to her home dimension of Mewni to save it! 😊💕 #StarVsTheForcesOfEvil #OnThisDay
Today in #history: First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final assault of a difficult siege. (1099 CE) #OnThisDay
Read more: https://t.co/YopXBEzIx0
#OnThisDay 15th July 2007 – #Prince's Planet Earth was released as a free giveaway in the UK newspaper Mail On Sunday. What is your favourite song from the album? #Prince #Prince4Ever #PlanetEarth
Back #onthisday in 2007 #Prince released the Planet Earth album.. whats your favourite track? #Prince4Ever #OTD #PlanetEarth