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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
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Portrait of María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, Marchioness of Pontejos (1762-1834), 1786
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt #DogsInArt
#OnThisDay in #Batman’s history, Bill Finger and Bob Kane’s character The Bat-Man debuted in 1939’s Detective Comics #27. Happy 81st Birthday to the Dark Knight!!!✌🏼💙🦇🎊 @DCBatman @thedcnation
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Portrait of Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina, 1787-8
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Portrait of the Matador Pedro Romero (1754-1839), ca. 1795-8
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Portrait of The Marchioness of Villafranca Painting her Husband, 1804
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt
Austrian artist, designer, and Wiener Werkstätte co-founder Koloman Moser was born #onthisday in 1868. A pioneer of modern design, Moser worked across diverse types of media both in two and three dimensions. (1 of 3)
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Portrait of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (1744-1811), 1798
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Self-portrait, ca. 1795-7
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Self-portrait with Dr. Arrieta, 1820
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de #Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828)
Self-portrait, 1815
#FranciscoGoya #SpanishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1853: Dutch painter #VincentvanGogh, (1853-90)
Self-portrait, Saint-Rémy, September 1889
#vanGogh #postimpressionism