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Born #OnThisDay in 1685: French #Rococo painter #JeanMarcNattier (1685-1766)
Portrait of Francis Greville, Baron Brooke, later 1st Earl of Warwick (1719-73), 1741
#Nattier #FrenchArt
"Things are so beautiful and wonderful, you feel there must be another life where you will see more - hear more - and know more."
Victorian artist and writer, known for her children's book illustrations, Kate Greenaway was born #OnThisDay in 1846 #ReadMoreWomen
Born #OnThisDay in 1686: French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer #JeanBaptisteOudry (1686-1755)
Portrait of María Josefa Drummond (d. 1713), Countess of Castelblanco, ca. 1716
#Oudry #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1686: French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer #JeanBaptisteOudry (1686-1755)
Portrait of Don José de Rozas y Meléndez de la Cueva, first Count of Castelblanco, ca. 1716
#Oudry #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1686: French Rococo painter, engraver, and tapestry designer #JeanBaptisteOudry (1686-1755)
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste #Perronneau (1715-83), 1753
#Oudry #FrenchArt
Kate Greenaway 🌼
English born illustrator Kate Greenaway was born #onthisday in 1846, another one of our celebrated ladies for #WomensHistoryMonth - Read more about her life, work and legacy on our blog post https://t.co/qwGIsX4gAr
Born #onthisday1856 Mikhail Vrubel Russian #artist was born on this day in 1856 who spanned art genres inc. #painting #graphicdesign #sculpture & #setdesign At beginning of 20th-century Vrubel's art became an organic part of Russian #ArtNouveau
Born #OnThisDay in 1771: French painter #AntoineJeanGros (1771-1835)
Portrait of Celeste Coltellini, Madame Meuricoffre, 1790s
#Gros #FrenchArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1771: French painter #AntoineJeanGros (1771-1835)
Portrait of #EmpressJoséphine (1763-1814), 1808
#Gros #FrenchArt
Musée Masséna, Nice
Born #OnThisDay in 1771: French painter #AntoineJeanGros (1771-1835)
Portrait of Count Jean-Antoine Chaptal (1756-1832), 1824
#Gros #FrenchArt
#OnThisDay in 1934 Katharine Hepburn won her first Oscar for Leading Actress in 'Morning Glory.' Find out more facts about the most inspirational women of all-time with our #FantasticWomen card game! https://t.co/XudpuOlyWi #women #inspiration #cardgames
Jenny Watson on the Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf — who died #onthisday in 1940 — and the complex depths beneath her seemingly simple tales and public persona: https://t.co/JYb2QYq6dj #otd
Born #OnThisDay in 1473: #HeinrichIV, Duke of Saxony (1473-1541)
Portrait by Lucas #Cranach the Elder (1472-1553)
#HeinrichderFromme #Wettin
Born #OnThisDay in 1473: #HeinrichIV, Duke of Saxony (1473-1541)
Portrait by workshop of Lucas #Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), ca. 1526
#HeinrichderFromme #Wettin
#ArtoftheDay
Gerda Wegener (1886–1940) was #bornonthisday in #Copenhagen.
#art #artist #artists #painter #painting #paintings #fineart #modernart #portrait #danishart #artistoftheday #botd #discoverher
#OnThisDay 1918
Passanger liner Amazon was torpedoed by U-110 30 miles NW of Malin Head. All 870 passengers were rescued by two Royal Naval Destroyers, the HMS Michael and Moresby. Check out our #Shipwreck Viewer ➜ https://t.co/yKcL3KBrzC
@Dept_CCAE @GeolSurvIE @MarineInst
Born #OnThisDay in 1720: Infante #PhilipofSpain, Duke of Parma (1720-65), son of King #PhilipV
Portrait with his family by #GiuseppeBaldrighi (1722-1803), 1757
#Bourbon #ChildrenInArt #FamilyPortraits
Galleria nazionale di Parma
Born #OnThisDay in 1807: #JosephineofLeuchtenberg (1807-76), Queen of Sweden & Norway as spouse of King #OscarI
Portrait by #JosephKarlStieler (1781-1858), 1823
#JoséphinedeBeauharnais #Beauharnais #Bernadotte
#OnThisDay in #History :
March 14th.1822 Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, was born in Naples. She became Empress consort of Brazil. More about her @ https://t.co/OzHzsr7iFn
Born #OnThisDay in 1741: #JosephII (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by #JosephHickel (1736-1807), ca. 1780
#Habsburg #AustrianArt