2/2 Mary, with some fantastic drapery and looking not at all as if she has just given birth in a barn, reaches out to her tiny miraculous child. By Hans Memling, whose day is today.
Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
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All-around genius working for peace, beauty, and intelligent thought. IRL: professor of art history. Occasionally write things about Rubens. Also Dutch art, the Bruegel family, and Elizabethan visual culture. Reader of many novels. DC & Amsterdam.
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Died (alas!) on this day in 1494, in Bruges, Hans Memling. Painter of much gentle beauty, as in this Annunciation from the 1480s.
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Whose lights?
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Allegory of logic. Suggesting that following a logical path does not lead to cheer & happiness. By Paulus Bor, whose day was today.
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2/2 A member of the Bor family in the 1650s. Not painted by Paulus Bor! But maybe he's a cousin. Anyway, thought I'd post him on Paulus's day.
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A young woman, painted in the 1660s, possibly by Paulus Bor. Today is his day.
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2/2 Baby in the bullrushes! Neither Moses nor Princess looks too happy about this encounter, and as usual with Bor, the main character is rather hard to find. Painted in 1638.
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Very tiny young Christ disputing with Elders in the temple, 1630s. By Paulus Bor, master of the shrinking main characters, whose day is today.
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2/2 Cryptic situation involving three women, a man, and some flowers. By the ever puzzling Paulus Bor (known to his friends as Orlando...) in 1640.
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Portrait of the Bentvueghels, a gang of Dutch painters living in Rome in 1623. They were v. rowdy! And had strange nicknames. At #10 here, Paulus Bor, known to his pals as Orlando. Today is his day.
