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Died #OnThisDay in 1776: German-Danish painter #JohannGeorgZiesenis (1716-76)
Portrait of #WillemV of Orange-Nassau (1748-1806), 1763-76
#Ziesenis
Born #OnThisDay in 1676: #TheresaKunegundaSobieska (1676-1730), Electress of Bavaria as spouse of #MaximilianIIEmanuel, daughter of Polish King #JohnIIISobieski
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1690s
#Sobieski #Wittelsbach
Muzeum Pałacu Króla Jana III w Wilanowie
@jroberts332 Happy 20th Birthday to Eugenesis! (ノ´ヮ`)ノ*: ・゚ #eugenesisday
Born #OnThisDay in 1843: #MariaClotildeofSavoy (1843-1911), daughter of #VittorioEmanueleII, spouse of #NapoléonJérômeBonaparte
Portrait by #ErnestHébert (1817-1908), 1860
#Savoy #Bonaparte
Born #OnThisDay in 1459: #AdriaanFlorenszBoeyens, Pope as #AdrianVI (1459-1523)
Posthumous portrait by #FrancescoBacchiacca (1494-1557), ca. 1525
#HadrianusVI #PopesInArt
Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
#artoftheday #paintingoftheday
Theresa Bernstein (1890–2002) #bornonthisday in what is now #Krakow
#art #artist #artists #fineart #arthistory #modernart #americanart #painter #painting #paintings #portrait #portraits #botd #Poland
Michelangelo is likely who you think of when I say "Sistine Chapel". But the Chapel is much more than just a ceiling. Sandro Botticelli also painted there.
One example is this beautiful fresco on the southern wall entitled "Trials of Moses". (1481-82) 🎨 #ArtFact #BornOnThisDay
#OnThisDay in 375 BCE the temple of Juno Lucina was dedicated on the Esquiline Hill. This temple was in use until at least the imperial period.
Prior to the temple's construction, worship took place in a sacred grove on the site.
#Classics #Juno #Temples
#OnThisDay the Roman calendar marked the Matronalia, a festival celebrating motherhood and the goddess Juno Lucina (“Juno who brings children into the light”), the goddess of childbirth.
During the festival, women received gifts and prayers from their husbands. #Classics #Juno
#OnThisDay the Roman calendar marked the religious festival of the Feriae of Mars.
During this festival, the Salii, or the “leaping priests” of Mars, donned archaic military uniforms and carried the 12 sacred shields of Mars in a religious procession. #Classics #Mars #Romans
Born #OnThisDay in 1759: Danish-born American painter #ChristianGullager (1759-1826)
Portrait of Jeremiah Williams, ca. 1789-90
#Gullager #AmericanArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1759: Danish-born American painter #ChristianGullager (1759-1826)
Portrait of Rebecca Salisbury Waldo, Mrs. Daniel Waldo Sr., 1789
#Gullager #AmericanArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1759: Danish-born American painter #ChristianGullager (1759-1826)
Portrait of Elizabeth Sewall, Mrs. Samuel Salisbury, 1789
#Gullager #AmericanArt
Sir Robert Rawlinson was born #onthisday 1810. #Liverpool docks and waterworks, Crimea Sanitary Commission #sanitation Download his ICE obituary free at https://t.co/phLEFp0Tdv
#OnThisDay #OTD February 27, 1992, "Separate Vocations" (S03E18) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Jeff Lynch. Wr: George Meyer. EP: @AlJean & @MikeReissWriter. Guest-starring Steve Allen as Bart's electronically altered voice. #TheSimpsons
Fought #OnThisDay 27 Feb 1814 the Battle of Orthez, Wellington defeated Marshal Soult.
After several assaults, the French were driven back from their defensive positions.
The French withdrawal became a scramble for safety and many French soldiers became prisoners.
Born #OnThisDay in 1863: Spanish painter #JoaquínSorolla y Bastida (1863-1923)
Portrait of the Artist's Spouse, Clotilde García del Castillo, 1904
#Sorolla #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1863: Spanish painter #JoaquínSorolla y Bastida (1863-1923)
Portrait of the Artist's Children Joaquín, María and Elena, 1904
#Sorolla #SpanishArt #ChildrenInArt #SiblingsInArt