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Born #OnThisDay in 1461: #AnnedeBeaujeu (1461-1522), Regent of France for brother #CharlesVIII, daughter of #LouisXI
Portrait with daughter Suzanne on the right shutter of the Moulins Triptych by #JeanHey (fl. ca. 1480-1500), ca. 1498-9
#MadamelaGrande #Valois #FrenchArt
Did you know #OnThisDay in 1968, a new Barbara Hepworth retrospective opened at Tate. This poster for the exhibition features her 1946 work Pelagos which was inspired by a view of the bay at St Ives in Cornwall, where two stretches of land surround the sea on either side.
Today in #history Charlemagne is born. (742 CE) #OnThisDay
Read more: https://t.co/Wsm7CMOVzz
#ArtQuotes
"Art & #Nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another."
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717)
#art #artist #artists #fineart #illustrator #illustration #germanart #painting #paintings #painter #discoverher #artoftheday #bornonthisday #botd
#ArtHistory 1647
Maria Sibylla Merian was #bornonthisday in #Frankfurt.
"Art & #Nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another."
#art #artist #artists #fineart #illustrator #illustration #germanart #painting #paintings #painter #discoverher #botd
Born #OnThisDay 2Apr1740 Armand-Gaston Camus a French revolutionist who was exchanged for Marie Thérèse of France (the daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette) in November of 1795. Learn more about this exchange: https://t.co/fzUfQwQRUT #history #18thcentury
Born #OnThisDay in 1827: English painter #WilliamHolmanHunt (1827-1910)
Portrait of Stephen Lushington (1782-1873), 1862
#PreRaphaeliteBrotherhood #PreRaphaelites
Born #OnThisDay in 1653: Prince #GeorgeofDenmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (1653-1708), son of #FrederikIII, husband of #QueenAnne of Great-Britain
Portrait by #GodfreyKneller (1646-1723), ca. 1704
#Oldenburg #Stuart
Banana Tree Flower with Io Moth, by Maria Sibylla Merian — who was born #onthisday in 1647.
From her pioneering Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), first published in 1705.
See more prints by her in our online prints shop: https://t.co/ASX37Nx31n
#HansChristianAndersen born #OnThisDay in 1805. https://t.co/Ac4BGfSHmf
Some pretty vignettes from 'De Europische insecten' by Maria Sibylla Merian, who was born #OnThisDay in 1647
I've just had the most pleasurable and relaxing few minutes flicking through this on @BioDivLibrary and I recommend you do the same!
https://t.co/QaKmoKPjZ8
Today in #history: Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. (527 CE) #OnThisDay
Image of Justin I: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc
Born #OnThisDay in 1737: Scottish painter and engraver #DavidMartin (1737-97)
Portrait of Lord Chief Justice William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705-93), 1777
#ScottishArt #BritishArt #Georgian
Born #OnThisDay in 1737: Scottish painter and engraver #DavidMartin (1737-97)
Portrait of Elizabeth Rannie, Viscountess Melville (1751-1843), 1770
#ScottishArt #BritishArt #Georgian
Born #OnThisDay in 1723: #FrederickV, King of Denmark & Norway (1723-66)
Portrait by #AndreasMøller (1684-1762), 1736-41
#Oldenburg #FrederikV
Born #OnThisDay in 1723: #FrederickV, King of Denmark & Norway (1723-66)
Portrait by #CarlGustafPilo (1711-93), ca. 1750
#Oldenburg #FrederikV
Born #OnThisDay in 1576: Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau (1576-1644), daughter of #WilliamtheSilent, Prince of Orange & #CharlottedeBourbon
Portrait as a child by #DaniëlvandenQueborn (1552-1602), ca. 1582
#OrangeNassau #ChildrenInArt
Siegerlandmuseum
Sir Benjamin Baker was born #onthisday 1840. #Forth Bridge, Aswan Dam and #London Metropolitan Railway. He also designed the boat which transported Cleopatra's needle.
Anne Lister and Ann Walker got married #OnThisDay in 1834.
#GentlemanJack #AnneLister
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Portrait of a Lady in a Black Mantilla, ca. 1824
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt