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sovietpostcards:“Our Neighbour Finland” (1986). Full set of 24 big size postcards featuring watercolors of Oleg Savostyuk, landscapes and views of Finland. (via etsy)
centuriespast: A floor mosaic from the dining room of a Pompeii home. In Roman culture, the act of eating was often accompanied by reminders of mortality. Credit: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
archaeology: Italian police seize huge haul of illicit antiquities - The Art Newspaper Police in southern Italy have seized a large haul of well-preserved artefacts that were illegally excavated between the two southern towns of Benevento and Foggia,
youngjusticer: The Court of Owls is an ancient conspiracy that controlled Gotham for centuries. The Court is a violent cabal that uses architecture and murder to wield political influence throughout history. To carry out its interests, members employ
italianartsociety: Lombard artist Cesare da Sesto died on this day [July 27] in 1523 in Milan. Born in the town of Sesto Calende in 1477, Cesare was one of the most accomplished followers of Leonardo da Vinci, whom he met in Milan and whose innovations
Philip James de Loutherbourg (Strasbourg 1740 - Chiswick, London 1812), A distant hail-storm coming on and the march of soldiers with their baggage (1799); oil on canvas, 109 cm x 162 cm; Tate
Jan Gossaert (called Mabuse; Maubege c. 1478 - Middelburg c. 1532), St. Donatian of Rheims, oil on board, after 1510
William Roberts (Hackney, London, 1895 - London 1980), The port of London, c 1920-24; oil on canvas; Tate
Jacob Isaacszoon van Ruisdael (Haarlem c. 1628 - Amsterdam 1682), A view of Amsterdam, 1665-70; oil on canvas; National Gallery, London
Francisco Goya (Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes; Fuendetodos 1746 - Bordeaux 1828), La familia del Infante Don Luis de Borbón (The family of The Infante Don Luis de Borbón), 1883-84; oil on canvas, 248 x 330 cm; Fondazione Magnani-Rocca, Corte
Carl Larsson (Stockholm 1853 - Falun 1919), View of Montcourt, 1884; watercolour on paper
Francesco Solimena (Canale di Serino 1657 - Barra, Napoli, 1747), Cacciata di Eliodoro dal Tempio (Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple), c. 1725; oil on canvas; Louvre [enlarge]
Rodrigo de Villandrando (Madrid 1588 - 1623), Doña Juana de Salinas, c. 1622; oil on canvas; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
italianartsociety: Agnolo Bronzino died on this day in Florence in 1572 less than a week after his 69th birthday. The leading painter in Florence from the 1530s through the ’60s, Bronzino served the court of Duke Cosimo I de’Medici and produced numerous
italianartsociety: Giovanni Bellini died on this day in 1516 in Venice. Together with his brother Gentile and brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni dominated northern Italian painting at the turn of the sixteenth century. Trained by his father Jacopo,
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (Paris 1796 - Ville-d'Avrai 1875); Return of the Hayers to Marcoussis, c. 1870-1874; oil on canvas
Sofonisba Anguissola (Cremona c. 1531 - Palermo 1626); Portrait of the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia, c. 1578; Prado, Madrid
Lavinia Fontana (Bologna 1552 - Roma 1614); Bianca degli Utili Maselli and Six of Her Children, 1603-5 by arthistory390 on Flickr.
Hans Memling (Selingenstadt c. 1430 - Bruges 1494); The martyrdom of St. Ursula, 1489, oil on panel (scene from St. Ursula Shrine)
Marten de Vos (Antwerp, 1532 - 1603), The Marriage at Cana, 1596-97; Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
Eugène Delacroix (Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798 - Paris 1863); Sea viewed from the heights of Dieppe, 1852
Carel Willink (Amsterdam, 1900 - 1983), Portrait of Sylvia Quiel, 1975
Franz von Lenbach (Schrobenhausen, Bavaria, 1836 - Munich 1904); Portrait of Marion Lenbach, 1901; oil on canvas, Hermitage Museum
Max Meldrum (Edinburgh 1875 - Kew, Victoria 1955); A Peasant of Pacé, 1908; oil on canvas
Jean-Frédéric Schall (Strasbourg 1752 - Paris 1825); Portrait of Christine Boyer, c. 1800; oil on canvas, 54 x 44 cm; Musée Magnin, Dijon
Jan Steen (Leiden, 1626 - 1679); The Village School, c. 1670; oil on canvas; National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Egon Schiele (Tulln an der Danau 1890 - Vienna 1918); Portrait of the painter Karl Zakovsek, 1910; oil, tempera and charcoal on canvas; New York, private collection
Pieter Neeffs the Elder (Antwerp, c. 1578 - 1656); Interior of Antwerp’s Cathedral, n/d; oil on panel, 107 x 75 cm
Gustave Caillebotte (Paris 1848 - Gennevilliers 1894); View of Roofs, Paris (1878); oil on canvas, 65 x 50 cm
Georges Lemmen (1865 Schaerbeek - 1916 Bruxelles), Portrait of the artist’s sister (1891)
John Michael Wright (London, 1617 - 1694); The family of Sir Robert Vyner, 1673; oil on canvas, 195 x 144 cm; National Portrait Gallery, London
David Roberts (Stockbridge, Edinburgh, 1796 - London 1864); The Castle of Alcalà de Guadaìra, 1833, oil on canvas; Museo del Prado, Madrid
Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam, 1636 - 1672); The beach of Scheveningen, 1670; oil on canvas; LACMA
Moretto da Brescia (Alessandro Bonvicino called il Moretto; Brescia 1498 - 1554); Saletta delle nobili dame (Hall of the noble ladies), 1543, fresco; Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia
Paulus Moreelse (Utrecht, 1571 - 1638); Portrait of an unknown woman aged 26, oil on canvas, 1632; cm 104 x 111; National Trust Collections, London
Nikolai Pimonenko (also spelled Mykola Pymonenko; Kiev 1862 - 1912); Ukrainian night, 1905; oil on canvas, 160 x 90 cm; The Alexander A. Deineka picture gallery of Kursk
Ilya Repin (Chuguyev 1844 - Kuokkala, now Repino, 1930); Portrait of Vera Repina (the artist’s wife), 1892; oil on canvas, 65 x 111 cm; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Diego Velazquez (Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Seville 1599 - Madrid 1660); Retrato del bufon Don Diego de Acedo “El Primo” (Portrait of the buffoon Don Diego de Acedo called ‘El Primo’), 1644; oil on canvas, 107 x 82
Jules Tavernier (Paris 1844 - Honolulu, Hawaii, 1889); Sausalito - California, 1881; oil on canvas, 30 x 24 cm; Saint Marys College of California, Moraga
John Linnell (Bloomsbury, London, 1792 - Redhill, Surrey, 1882); Wheat, 1860; oil on canvas, 140 x 94 cm; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Lajos Vajda (Zalaegerszeg 1908 - Budakeszi, Budapest, 1941); Still life on a table of horseshoe form, 1934; pastel on paper, 62 x 90 cm; Ferenczy Museum, Szentendre
Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (Amsterdam, 1634 - 1703); Portrait of an unknown lady, early 1680’s; oil on panel, private collection
Sandro Botticelli (Firenze, 1445 - 1510); The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti (from Giovanni Boccacio’s Decameron), 4th and final episode (c. 1483); tempera on panel, 142 x 83 cm; Palazzo Pucci (private collection), Firenze
Lajos Deák Ébner (Pest 1850 - Budapest 1934); Harvesters on their way home, 1881; oil on canvas, 131 x 94.5 cm; National Museum of Hungary, Budapest
italianartsociety: Giovanni Bellini died on 26 November 1516 in Venice. Together with his brother Gentile and brother-in-law Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni dominated northern Italian painting at the turn of the sixteenth century. Trained by his father Jacopo,
italianartsociety: Carlo Maratti (also known as Maratta) died on 15 December 1713 in Rome. Recognized as the leading painter of late Baroque Rome, Maratta continued worked in the classicizing vein known as the Grand Manner. Like Annibale Carracci, Andrea
Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (Bruges 1561/62 - London 1636); Portrait of Captain Thomas Lee in Irish dress, 1594; oil on canvas, 150 x 230 cm; Tate British Collection
Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, c. 1575 - 1632); Odysseus as a guest of Calypso, c. 1616; oil on wood, 116 x 80 cm; Akademie der bildenden Künste, Vienna
Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari, called il Veronese, 1528-1588), Portrait of Daniele Barbaro, 1561-65; oil on canvas, 121 x 106 cm. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam “Architect, writer and commentator, Daniele Barbaro (1514-1570) worked to an Italian translation
history-of-fashion: ab. 1920 Portrait of three children (photo by Fernando Paillet) (National Museum of Fine Arts Argentina)
history-of-fashion: ab. 1795 Pietro Labruzzi - Portrait of the Architect Giuseppe Valadier (Art Institute of Chicago)
history-of-fashion: 1867 James Tissot - Portrait of Eugène Coppens de Fontenay (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
history-of-fashion:ab. 1830 Achille Devéria - Hagman, Attache to the Court of Naples(High Museum of Art)
history-of-fashion: 1581 Gillis Coignet - Pierson la Hues, drummer and page of the Old Archers’ Guild (Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp)
history-of-fashion: 1828 Félix Auvray - Portrait of Henri Bougenier (Museum of Fine Arts, Valenciennes)
history-of-fashion: ab. 1872 Ball gown (Attributed to House of Worth)(The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
history-of-fashion: ab. 1540 Ambrosius Benson - Portrait of Jean de Dinteville (French Ambassador to the court of Henry VIII) (Denver Art Museum)
history-of-fashion: 1638-1640 Anthony van Dyck - Portrait of a man (William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford ?)(São Paulo Museum of Art)
history-of-fashion: 1539 Lucas Cranach the Elder - Portrait of Young Aristocrat (São Paulo Museum of Art)
history-of-fashion: ab. 1525 Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo - Portrait of a Knight (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
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