Epstein’s image of Jesus is astonishing in its scale, the idea of using a primitive prototype & its use of volume. George Bernard Shaw (1934), Ecce Homo (1935), Dahlias (c1936) & Pola Givenchy (c1937)

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8 décembre naissent ...
1851 Émile Schuffenecker († 1934), peintre post-impressionniste, "aurait" peint de faux Van Gogh et Cézanne ? (1&2)
1869 Georges Delfosse († 1939), peintre, portraitiste et muraliste (églises) canadien. Oeuvre estimée à 3000 tableaux ! (3&4)

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Happy Launch Day IJN Chitose (1934), IJN Uranami (1928), and IJN Oyashio. https://t.co/5SmnAWKkfJ

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Happy Launch Day USS Hazelwood (DD-531), USS McCall (DD-400), IJN Suzuya (1934), HMS Unicorn (I72), and USS California (BB-44) https://t.co/yzJa9l467x

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"An Allegory of Apollo and Minerva as Wisdom and the Arts", James Thornhill (1675 - 1734), English

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Born in 1864: Scottish painter (1864-1937)

Portrait of Sir Robert McAlpine (1847-1934), 1921

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[Secondary Sales] Layer from 's "Day/Night" resold last night!

bought Skeleton for 1.3 ETH ($234), resold for 2.5ETH ($802) - 242% return!

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Born in 1476: (1476-1534), Duke of Ferrara

Portrait by (1490-1576), ca. 1530-4

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Born in 1662: Elector of Bavaria (1662-1726), governor of the Spanish Netherlands

Portrait after (1657-1734), after 1710

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Mulready’s nudes are some of the finest in British & Irish art (he holds that talent with William Etty). Giving a Bite (1834), Male Nude (nd) & Female Nude (nd). Patronage by Sheepshanks allowed him devote more time to this superb ability.

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Paul-Gustave Fischer (1860-1934),danski slikar jevrejskog porekla. Naturalista, poznat, pre svega, kao slikar Kopenhagena ali i drugih evropskih gradova. Čest motiv su mu bile i nage žene.
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Paul-Gustave Fischer, Žene na plaži

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Giovanni Battista Bissoni (1774-1634),Museo Eremitani dipinto con Sant’Antonio abate che presenta Marco Lando alla Vergine e i quattro patroni di Padova,i santi Prosdocimo,Giustina,Antonio e Daniele;bello il particolare con San Daniele che regge il modello di Padova

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Born in 1688: (1688-1766), Prince of Wales, son of King of England, Scotland & Ireland

Portrait by workshop of (1674-1734), ca. 1712

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kakagai & inosaku

Ino fixing Sakura's hair (Naruto 34), Gai fixing Kakashi's hair (Shippuden 219)

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Born in 1755: (1755-1842), French Portrait Painter

Portrait of Victoire Pauline de Riquet de Caraman (1764-1834), Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil, 1785

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A costume sketch for Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra (1934), by designer Travis Banton. When Colbert was dissatisfied with one set of sketches, the story goes that she drew blood and smeared it over them to demonstrate her disgust

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Born in 1746: Spanish romantic painter and printmaker Francisco José de y Lucientes (1746-1828)

Portrait of María Ana de Pontejos y Sandoval, Marchioness of Pontejos (1762-1834), 1786

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➡️Philippine-Élisabeth d'Orléans (1714-34), par J-M Nattier.
➡️La duchesse de Modène en Hébé, par P. Gobert. Charlotte-Aglaé d'Orléans (1700-61).
Filles de Philippe d'Orléans, régent, et de Françoise-Marie de Bourbon, fille légitimée de Louis XIV et de la marquise de Montespan

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It’s fascinating to see a Martin blockbuster applied to the Coronation. It’s likely his royal friends were delighted but to modern eyes the doll-like figures seem strangely butterfly-like. The Deluge (1834), Manfred & Alpine Watch (1837) & The Coronation of Queen Victoria (1839)

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