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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1617: English-Scottish painter #JohnMichaelWright (1617-1694)
Portrait of Lord Mungo Murray, 1668
#EnglishArt #ScottishArt
Josaphat rencontre l'ermite Barlaam qui le baptise et prend la voie de l’ascèse. Ce #manuscrit arabe @laBnF copié au Caire par le moine Girgis en 1778 provient de la collection Asselin de Cherville. Découvrez la légende en 32 miniatures @GallicaBnF🧐 https://t.co/JLPjJf09oU
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22 mai 337: Mort de Constantin Ier.
Si son règne vit l'Empire Romain devenir chrétien, lui-même demeura longtemps ambivalent sur la foi et ne se fit baptiser que sur son lit de mort.
Ses trois fils, Constantin II, Constant Ier et Constance II, allaient recueillir l'Empire.
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Mr and Mrs William Hallett (“The Morning Walk”), 1785
#Gainsborough #BritishArt #Georgian #DosgInArt #CouplesInArt
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Hester, Countess of Sussex, and Her Daughter, Lady Barbara Yelverton, 1771
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Elizabeth Wrottesley, later Duchess of Grafton, 1764
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Sarah, Lady Innes, ca. 1757
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of The Hon. Frances Duncombe, ca. 1777
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Young Woman, Called Miss Sparrow, 1770s
#Gainsborough #BritishArt #Georgian
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Miss Catherine Tatton, 1786
#Gainsborough #BritishArt #Georgian
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Maria, Lady Eardley
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Frances Susanna, Lady de Dunstanville, ca. 1786
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Mrs. Peter William Baker, 1781
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Mrs Mary Robinson (Perdita), 1781
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Mary Hartop, Countess of Howe, 1764
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Elizabeth Ann Linley, Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1754-1792), 1787
#Gainsborough #BritishArt #Georgian
Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of Mrs. Sarah Siddons (1755-1831), 1785
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Baptised #OnThisDay in 1727: English painter #ThomasGainsborough (1727-88)
Portrait of the Painters Daughters Chasing a Butterfly, ca. 1756
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#OTD 1727, Thomas Gainsborough baptised, Sudbury, Suffolk. Leading portrait painter & famed for wonderful 'fancy pictures' & landscapes. My favourites are these @NationalGallery paintings of his daughters Mary & Margaret #MuseumFromHome #MuseumWeek #MuseumWeek2020 #TogethernessMW