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"You see everyone's true colors in a rehearsal." (Andrew Keenan-Bolger)

Rehearsal of an opera (c. 1709)

Marco Ricci 🎨 (#BornOnThisDay in 1676)

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"Little by little, from I know not from what root, like grass that germinates by itself, an unknown affection arose in my breast..." (Torquato Tasso, 'Aminta)

Aminta about to rescue Silvia (c. 1633)

Gaspard Dughet 🎨 (#BornOnThisDay in 1615)

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“O Mary, You always shine in our journey as a sign of salvation and hope. We rely on you!” Papa Francesco✍️


Francesco Ribalta🎨
Mary Magdalene before the tomb of Christ 1612

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"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows." (Francis of Assisi)

St Francis Comforted by an Angel (c. 1620)

Francesc Ribalta 🎨 (#BornOnThisDay in 1565)

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“Sereneness is the real force of life.”
Rita Levi Montalcini




John Hoppner🎨
The Frankland Sister 1795
Mrs R B Sheridan and Her Son 1775
Blessed day and All❤️

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"There will be no place in the society of the future for anything which is not of use to everyone."

Poster 'Tropon, the most concentrated food supplement' (1898)

Henry van de Velde ✍️🎨🇧🇪 (#BornOnThisDay in 1863)

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"The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too” 1853, arguably the most famous and influential artist of the past 150 years,

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"Going barefoot is the gentlest way of walking and can symbolise a way of living - being authentic, vulnerable, sensitive to our surroundings." (Adele Coombs)

Young Girl Standing Barefoot (c. 1820)

William Henry Hunt 🎨 (#BornOnThisDay in 1790)

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I wish you a good night and a restful sleep with sweet dreams, dear friend of finest art. 🤗

Flowers in Landscape (1990)

Ivan Rabuzin 🎨🇭🇷 (#BornOnThisDay in 1921)

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“Make the best use of everything; think the best of everyone; hope for the best for yourself.” G Stephenson

J A Thiele
Landscape of Elba with the fortress
Moritz Castle with hunters

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"Dresden brought me great joy and revived my desire to think about art. It is an incredible treasure of all kinds in this beautiful place." (Goethe)

View of Dresden with Augustus Bridge (1746)

Johann Alexander Thiele 🎨 (#BornOnThisDay in 1685)

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"No pattern should be without some sort of meaning." (William Morris)

Thank you very much dearest Carlyanne! 🤗

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‘In the silence I am finding my soul again because here in a moment the cry dries up and the wind is silent.’ I Pooh
Richard von Hagn🎨
Steamers off the coast of Venice 1891
Crescent descended on Südermarsch

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“A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.”
Oscar Wilde

🖌#BornOnThisDay John Lavery🇮🇪The Red Rose, 1923

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was born on this day in 1908 – here’s a fabulous illustration that he created for ‘Two Corbies’, from the Halas & Batchelor series

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"But his son ran unto him, and took hold of his father: and he strake of the gall on his fathers' eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father." (Tobit 11:10-11 KJV)

Tobias healing his father's sight (1733)

Pierre Parrocel 🎨 (#BornOnThisDay in 1670)

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오늘은 파이데이.. 이자, 알버트 아인슈타인의 생일입니다. 생일축하해요 아인슈타인씨!

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"Although the world is very beautiful
Seen from afar.
But threats from all sides
Sickness, hunger, frost and death.
And the mother weeps softly:
'Stop this journey.'" (from 'May beetles on the move')

Self-portrait (1893)

Sophie von Adelung ✍️🎨 (#BornOnThisDay in 1850)

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