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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Elizabeth Wrottesley, later Duchess of Grafton, 1764
#Gainsborough #BritishArt #Georgian
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Mary Hartop, Countess of Howe, 1764
#Gainsborough #BritishArt #Georgian
Born #OnThisDay in 1717: Holy Roman Empress #MariaTheresa (1717-80)
Portrait with her family by School of #MartinvanMeytens (1695-1770), ca. 1764-5
#MariaTheresia #Habsburg #FamilyPortraits #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1735: English painter #NathanielDanceHolland (1735-1811)
Portrait of Tobias Smollet (1721-71), ca. 1764
#DanceHolland #BritishArt #Georgian
Aquí una selección de bodegones florales de países muy cercanos en su estilo: Flandes -Jan Frans van Dael (1764-1840)- y Holanda - Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) 😇- (el último cuadro).
Born #OnThisDay in 1764: #ÉlisabethofFrance (1764-94), granddaughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait by #AdélaïdeLabilleGuiard (1749-1803), ca. 1787
#MadameÉlisabeth #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1764: #ÉlisabethofFrance (1764-94), granddaughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait by Élisabeth Louise #VigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), ca. 1782
#MadameÉlisabeth #Bourbon
Born #OnThisDay in 1764: #ÉlisabethofFrance (1764-94), granddaughter of King #LouisXV
Portrait seated at her harp by #CharlesLeClercq (1753-1821), 1783
#MadameÉlisabeth #Bourbon
🎵 A music teacher in an exciting hat teaches three children. Check out some music by two of the instruments in the background (lute and viol) at https://t.co/Gs3hrorPLQ #MusicMonday #MuseumFromHome
📋 "The Music Lesson" (1764), etching by Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian
Born #OnThisDay in 1755: #ÉlisabethLouiseVigéeLeBrun (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter
Portrait of Victoire Pauline de Riquet de Caraman (1764-1834), Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil, 1785
#VigéeLeBrun #WomenArtists #FrenchArt
Les Baigneuses, c. 1764, by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, #botd 1732 (d. 1806), collection @MuseeLouvre (thinking of Flora Yukhnovich @parafinlondon)
#details
Design for a Jardinière,or table à fleurs, made for C.W., Sweden
from Recueil de décorations intérieures, 1812
Charles Percier (French 1764-1838)
Made of mahogany and lead,with gold and silver fish in a crystal bowl and a small birdcage above, topped by a statue of Hebe
It’s #WorldWildlifeDay and to celebrate we thought we would share these gorgeous hand-coloured plates from the George Edwards work ‘Gleanings of Natural History’ published 1758-1764. #librarylife #books
William Hogarth (1697-1764)--'marriage of Stephen Beckingham and Mary Cox'-oil on canvas-ca 1729 New York-Metropolitan Museum of Art
In 1759 the family moved to fashionable Bath to gain more lucrative sitters. He took time to study Van Dyck & the results were magnificent. Countless of Howe (1764), Lord Vernon (1767) & the famous Blue Boy (1770). The latter was his successful challenge to Van Dyck
#OnThisDay 1764 #Parliament debated the issue of general warrants in response to the Wilkes affair. Several MPs, normally #government supporters, deserted over the issue
https://t.co/5TmZRKaYIk
#HistParl
@lissablu68 @dianadep1 @1Atsuhimerose2 @marmelyr @agustin_gut @CristianeGLima @angelicadisogno @ampomata @LuciaTassan @BrindusaB1 @Spiros209 @djolavarrieta @scastaldi9 @artmajcar @neblaruz @monicasloves @bgv_online @albertopetro2 @alleosa @bmarczewska @vvgcabras @ceconomou56 @BPerrionni @ritamay1 @Rebeka80721106 @BaroneZaza70 @cristob45 @famartinez2001 @karmendida @CaterinaCategio @kamabi François Boucher - Allégorie de la Musique, 1764 ☕️💗🎧🎧