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Born #OnThisDay in 1769: English painter #EllenSharples (1769-1849)
Portrait of Lady Mary Acheson (1787-1843), 19th Century
#Sharples #WomenArtists #BritishArt #Regency
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1611: English Baroque painter William #Dobson (1611-1646)
Portrait of a Family, Probably that of Richard Streatfeild, ca. 1645
#WilliamDobson #EnglishArt #FamilyPortraits
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1611: English Baroque painter William #Dobson (1611-1646)
Portrait of King #CharlesII (1630-85), 1642
#WilliamDobson #EnglishArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1756: Scottish portrait painter Henry #Raeburn (1756-1823)
Portrait of Portrait of James and John Lee Allen, early 1790s
#ScottishArt #BritishArt #Regency #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1756: Scottish portrait painter Henry #Raeburn (1756-1823)
Portrait of a Boy and Rabbit, 1814
#ScottishArt #BritishArt #Regency #ChildrenInArt
Portrait painter Sir Henry Raeburn was born in #Edinburgh #OnThisDay in 1756 https://t.co/majfMlmqUs
Do you remember South Park The Stick of Truth?
It was launched #onthisday & my god was the game funny, refreshing & delightful
Did you enjoy The Stick of Truth and did you play the sequel?
#GamersUnite #SouthPark #Xbox #Playstation
#onthisdayinhistory 1519 – Hernán Cortés arrives in Mexico in search of the Aztec civilization and its wealth. It would lead to the fall of an empire and the deaths of hundreds of thousands.
Carmen by Georges Bizet premiered #otd 3rd March 1875 at the @Opera_Comique in Paris
#carmen #toreador #bizet #toreadorsong #habanera #opera #operaonthisday #operapremiere #operafacts
Born #OnThisDay in 1778: #FredericaofMecklenburgStrelitz (1778-1841), Queen of Hanover as wife of #ErnestAugustus
Portrait with sister Louise by Friedrich Georg #Weitsch (1758-1828), ca. 1795
#MecklenburgStrelitz #Hanover
#SPSGmuseum
Principal Sam's Calendar
March 3
It is Lucy Van Pelt's Birthday!
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https://t.co/7ClmeYGrpY
#PrincipalSam
#OnThisDay
A pioneer in her field, Sameera Moussa (born #OnThisDay), was an Egyptian nuclear scientist⚛️ who became the first woman to hold a university post at Cairo University🎓. She dedicated her life to make medical nuclear power affordable to all.
📸Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya.
#ArtoftheDay
Agda Holst (1886–1976) #bornonthisday in Kristianstad #Sweden
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painter #painting #paintings #swedishart #portrait #portraits #selfportrait #stilllife #discoverher #artistoftheday
#ArtoftheDay
Agda Holst (1886–1976) #bornonthisday in Kristianstad #Sweden
#art #artist #artists #fineart #modernart #painter #painting #paintings #swedishart #portrait #portraits #selfportrait #discoverher #artistoftheday
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: French painter #LouisMichelvanLoo (1707-71)
Portrait of Laure Auguste de Fitzjames (1744-1814), Princess de Chimay, 1767
#vanLoo #FrenchArt #Rococo
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: French painter #LouisMichelvanLoo (1707-71)
Portrait of Infanta #MaríaTeresaRafaelaofSpain, future Dauphine of France (1726-46), ca. 1745
#vanLoo #FrenchArt #Rococo
Born #OnThisDay in 1707: French painter #LouisMichelvanLoo (1707-71)
Portrait of #ElisabethFarnese (1692-1766), Queen of Spain, ca. 1739
#vanLoo #FrenchArt #Rococo
Born #OnThisDay in 1730: German painter Anton Wilhelm #Tischbein (1730-1804)
Portrait of a man in Turkish Costume, 18th Century
#GermanArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1730: German painter Anton Wilhelm #Tischbein (1730-1804)
Portrait of Sara Cotrell, ca. 1770
#GermanArt
#Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
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