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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
#OTD 1590 At the Battle of Ivry, part of #French Wars of Religion, Henry IV of France, leader of Huguenot forces defeats the Catholic League led by Charles of Lorraine and Spanish forces of the Count of Egmont. #History #Onthisday
Painting by Peter Paul Rubens
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
Born #OnThisDay in 1741: #JosephII (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait by an Unknown Artist, ca. 1780-1800
#Habsburg #AustrianArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1741: #JosephII (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor
Portrait attributed to #AntonvonMaron (1733-1808), ca. 1765-90
#Habsburg #AustrianArt
"The old shames." Friday evening before the sabbath in the Saul Wahl synagogue. Lublin, pub March 13, 1927 in the Forward. Photo by Alter Kacyzne. #onthisday #fromtheyivoarchives
Died #OnThisDay 1854 #SirThomasNoonTalfourd, judge, politician and author. Died in the #ShireHall, #Stafford after an apoplectic seizure in
#OnThisDay 1884 162 @RoyalNavy & @RoyalMarines personnel joined the @BritishArmy forces under General Graham when a Naval Brigade was formed from HM Ships BRITON, CARYSFORT, DRYAD, EURYALUS, HECLA & SPHINX to fight in the Battle of Tamai against Mahdist Sudanese.A British victory
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Archduchess #MariaTheresaofAustria (1767-1827), 1771
#Mengs #GermanArt #RomanArt #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of Isabel de Parreño y Arce, Marchioness of Llano, ca. 1775
#Mengs #GermanArt #SpanishArt #BirdsInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1728: Saxon (born) painter #AntonRaphaelMengs (1728-79)
Portrait of French painter #LouisdeSilvestre (1675-1760), ca. 1745
#Mengs #GermanArt #FrenchArt