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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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#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
Born #OnThisDay in 1730: German painter Anton Wilhelm #Tischbein (1730-1804)
Portrait of Wilhelm VIII Landgraf von Hessen-Kassel (1682-1760), ca. 1755-60
#GermanArt
#Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel
#TodayInMystery 1854
"City of Glasgow" departs #Liverpool for #Philadelphia with over 470 passengers and crew, never to be seen again. Though unusually dense ice was reported in the Atlantic that year, the cause of the steamer's disappearance is a #mystery.
#OnThisDay #unsolved
#TodayInMystery 1692
Three #Salem women are arrested for witchcraft after several village girls show signs of possession. Scores of people in what is now #Massaschusetts will be accused and twenty executed during the monthslong #hysteria.
#OnThisDay #OTD #history #mentalhealth
Born #OnThisDay in 1683: #CarolineofAnsbach (1683-1737), Queen of Great Britain as wife of King #GeorgeII
Portrait by Godfrey #Kneller (1646-1723), 1716
#Hohenzollern #Hanover
Born #OnThisDay in 1798: Archduchess #ClementinaofAustria (1798-1881), Princess of Salerno as wife of Leopold of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Portrait as a child by Joseph Hickel (1736-1807), ca. 1800s
#Habsburg #ChildrenInArt
Reggia di Caserta
#OnThisDay 1815 Napoleon landed in France, called the "100 Days" it's 109 Days to Waterloo on 18th June.
Wellington meanwhile was in Austria, attending the Congress of Vienna as British Representative until he left to take command of the armies now in Holland (now Belgium).
#OTD
Born #OnThisDay in 1572: English military commander and a politician #EdwardCecil (1572-1638), Viscount Wimbledon, grandson of #WilliamCecil
Portrait by Michiel van #Mierevelt (1566-1641), 1631
#Stuart #DutchArt
⏪🎃 #OnThisDay in 1996 "THE TIME OF THE OATH" was released. Truly an alltime classic! What’s your favourite track? #Helloween
Died #OnThisDay in 1818: French painter #AnneVallayerCoster (1744-1818)
Presumed portrait of #MadameVictoire of France (1733-99), 1779-81
#VallayerCoster #WomenArtists #Bourbon