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Elegant couple at the goldsmith’s shop for a ring, in 1449. But what about those 2 men in the mirror? And what is luring us?Wonderful wares, wonderful painting, Petrus Christus.
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
@PP_Rubens
All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought.
More frequently posting now as @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social
Joined October 2013
- A basket of plums never looked so aesthetically perfect as when painted, in 1629, by Louise Moillon of Paris. Today was her day.
- Timoclea of Thebes throws the man who raped her down a well. She next hurled in heavy stones until he was dead. Painted in 1659 by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, who had a thing for violent heroines.
- Can you believe it's just oil paint on flat panels? Almost miraculous. Annunciation as trompe l'oeil sculpture by Jan van Eyck, d. OTD 1441.
- Timoclea of Thebes throws man who raped her down a well. She next hurled in heavy stones until he was dead. Painted in 1659 by Elisabetta Sirani of Bologna, who had a thing for violent heroines.
- Important bunny, 1587. Has coat of arms! By Hans Hoffmann of Nuremberg, whose day is today.
- Magnificent portrait of a woman, 1620, by Artemisia Gentileschi. She was born on this day in 1593.
- Born this day in 1884, on Neskuchnoye estate in Ukraine, the marvelous painter Zinaida Serebriakova. After my time, but worth making exception! Here by herself at mirror in 1909.
- Portrait of a woman, 1435. Don't know what I love more: the eyes, the subtlety of the purple robe, the incredible headscarf (the layers! the folds!) or the pins. The pins! Robert Campin, you did well.
- A basket of plums never looked so aesthetically perfect as when painted, in 1629, by Louise Moillon of Paris. Today is her day.
- She was always THE woman. Looking right at you from 1590: Infanta Catalina Micaela (almost surely), painted by Sofonisba Anguissola (probably). Surely one of the greatest renaissance portraits in any case.
- At the end of Vermeer's birthday, a little street in Delft. I always wonder what those two children on the stoop were up to, back in 1658.
- Blackberries. Beautifully painted in 1813 by Raphaelle Peale, who was born on this day in 1774.
- The almost sacred perfection of a bunch of asparagus, 1697, by Adriaen Coorte. It’s been his day today.
