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Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #PeterLely (1618-80), ca. 1670
#Stuart #Restoration
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #JohnMichaelWright (1617-94), ca. 1660-5
#Stuart #Restoration
"Dryden taught to join / The varying pause, the full resounding line, / The long majestic march, and energy divine." (#Pope)
📖 #OnThisDay in the #History of #Literature 13 April 1668, King #CharlesII appointed 36-year-old #JohnDryden as the first English Poet Laureate. #Poetry
Born #OnThisDay in 1640: #BarbaraPalmer, née Villiers (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, Countess of Castlemaine, mistress of #CharlesII
Portrait by #JohnMichaelWright (1617-94), ca. 1670
#BarbaraVilliers #Stuart
Born #OnThisDay in 1547: #ClaudeofFrance (1547-75), Duchess of Lorraine as spouse of #CharlesIII, daughter of #HenriII
Portrait as a girl by an Unknown Artist, 16th Century
#Valois #Lorraine #ChildrenInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1646: #HortenseMancini (1646-99), mistress of #CharlesII of England
Portrait by #JacobFerdinandVoet (1639-1700), ca. 1670-99
#Mancini #Mazarinettes
Born #OnThisDay in 1646: #HortenseMancini (1646-99), mistress of #CharlesII of England
Portrait with sisters Olympia & Maria by an Unknown Artist, 17th Century
#Mancini #Mazarinettes #SistersInArt
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #GodfreyKneller (1646-1723), ca. 1685
#Stuart #Restoration
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by circle of #PeterLely (1618-80), ca. 1676
#Stuart #Restoration
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait in the style of #RemigiusvanLeemput (d. 1675), ca. 1665-80
#Stuart #Restoration
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #PeterLely (1618-80), ca. 1670
#Stuart #Restoration
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #JohnMichaelWright (1617-94), ca. 1660-5
#Stuart #Restoration
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait by #DavidDesGranges (ca. 1611-72), after Adriaen Hanneman (ca. 1601-71), based on a work of 1648
#Stuart
Born #OnThisDay in 1630: #CharlesII of England, Scotland & Ireland (1630-85)
Portrait as a boy with a page by #WilliamDobson (1610-46), 1642
#Stuart #ChildrenInArt
Happy #OakAppleDay! Today we celebrate the Restoration of the monarchy! (R) #CharlesII triumphantly entered London OTD 29 May 1660. (L) Charles asleep as he hid with Carliss (Careless) from his enemies in an oak tree following the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
Mischief-making mistresses at #TheCourt of #CharlesII https://t.co/N2pgYj9uAA
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1611: English Baroque painter William #Dobson (1611-1646)
Portrait of King #CharlesII (1630-85), 1642
#WilliamDobson #EnglishArt
Baroque in Britain
The exhibition runs from February 5 - April 19, 2020 at the Tate Britain - Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG, United Kingdom.
To learn more.
https://t.co/dBQE4LSLSu
#baroque #britain #restoration #charlesII #queenanne #stuartperiod #exhibition #architecture #crown
Born #OnThisDay in 1650: #NellGwyn (1650-1687), mistress of #CharlesII
Portrait attributed to #SimonVerelst (1644-1721), ca. 1670
#Stuart #DutchArt #Baroque
Born #OnThisDay in 1716: #CharlesIII, King of Spain (1716-88)
Portrait byMariano Salvador #Maella (1739-1819) after Anton Raphael #Mengs (1728-79), ca. 1783-4
#CarlosIII #Bourbon