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Harald Sohlberg - A Moonlight with a Lighthouse, Coast of Tuscany -1789 - oil on canvas - Tate Britain
Born #OnThisDay in 1671: #GianGastonedeMedici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671-1737)
Portrait attributed to #JanFransvanDouven (1656-1727), 18th century
#GianGastone #Medici
Harald Sohlberg - A Moonlight with a Lighthouse, Coast of Tuscany -1789 - oil on canvas - Tate Britain
Watts submitted a drawing for the Houses of Parliament & won a prize in 1843 & a bursary. This allowed him to travel to Italy. Lady Holland (c1843-4), The Golden Age (1840) & Fiesole, Tuscany (1840s)
I don’t think Mrs Uccello was quite so sure! https://t.co/XbOm1zqzJH #painting, #watercolor, #Watercolour, #watercolors, #oilpainting, #acrylic, #pastel, #Italy, #Tuscany, #travel, #travelphotography, #traveldiaries #UKTravelBloggers
Join Tim live to paint in Tuscany from your own sitting room. https://t.co/hCYkbJgUda #painting, #watercolor, #Watercolour, #watercolors, #oilpainting, #acrylic, #pastel, #Italy, #Tuscany, #travel, #travelphotography, #traveldiaries #UKTravelBloggers
Unresolved Mountain Landscape (Carrara Marble)
my 3rd mountain landscape of the week is inspired by a recent trip to Tuscany, since time immemorial people have carved huge blocks of marble from these hills, creating one of the largest marble sculptures on the planet.
Coloufful memories of happy days. https://t.co/ROkqgaYVC1 , #watercolor, #Watercolour, #oilpainting, #acrylic, #pastel, #writing, #creativewriting, #memoir, #Languages, #Italian, #knit, #knitting, #Italy, #Tuscany, #travel, #travelphotography, #traveldiaries #UKTravelBloggers
"Destination: Tuscany"
Sometimes, a moment to yourself and your surroundings while on the train is just what's needed.
Amazing commission by MeheheEhehe on FA.
This belongs to #Quattrocento in Italian art.
Artwork: the Madonna adoring the Infant Christ
Artist: Andrea della #Robbia
Time: the 15th century
Style: Early #Renaissance
Genre: terracotta
Location: #Tuscany, #Italy
On the first Friday after the birth of a baby, Houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) was mashed up into a poultice and applied to the infant. This was a Tuscan practice meant to encourage a long life. #FolkloreThursday
Born #OnThisDay in 1541: #FrancescoIdeMedici (1541-87), Grand Duke of Tuscany
Portrait by Alessandro #Allori (1535-1607), 1570-5
#Medici #FlorentineRenaissance
#MuseumMayervandenBergh
Personification of Italy as a mourning woman: my heart bleeds for you. 💔❣️
Royal MS 6 E IX; c 1335; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; Italy (Tuscany); f.11r @BLMedieval