Dr. Peter Paul Rubens

Saint Michael's Tavern, by my colleague Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Excellent wall decoration -- I'd stop in for a drink.

Census at Bethlehem occurring in a Flemish village in winter, as painted by my colleague Pieter Brueghel the Younger (d. OTD 1632) after his famous father's design.

2/2 Skating in winter, by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, who never let his father’s designs go to waste!

Staggering home from the inn on a winter evening. Hope you’re doing better than this fellow by Pieter Brueghel the Younger!

2/2 Great wall almanac in this detail from another version. There are always lots of versions with Pieter Brueghel the Younger.

Never in history has this been a happy subject: payment due at tax collector's office, 1615. At least then you could pay in chickens! By Pieter Brueghel the Younger. It's his day.

2/2 It's a laugh a minute at the egg dance, as painted by Pieter Brueghel the Younger.

Whee-ha! Dancing aroud the maypole with the peasants and Pieter Brueghel the Younger. It's his day.

2/2 Drunkard on the egg, fool in the egg, Pieter Brueghel’s day.

Flatterers up the *ss of the rich man. Some things never change! Here in 1592 by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, whose day is today.

The Triumph of Death, but of course paintings in this era did not have titles.

2/2 A landscape of death, from the background of Pieter's Dad's original painting. Terrifying apocalypse of a burning planet.

The world is engulfed by chaos and horror as the armies of Death arrive to incorporate the Living into their band. Perfect allegory for today from Pieter Brueghel the Younger.

2/2 The original. By Dad. Truly a great painting! Pieter the Younger made up his version from the workshop drawings. And today is his birthday.

Rollicking peasant wedding dance to liven up your autumn day by my colleague Pieter Brueghel the Younger, whose day is today. Don’t confuse this with his father’s painting!

2/2 Pitiless soldiers on a mission to slaughter. Mothers weep. From Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Brueghel the Younger, after his father. Because why let a great composition go to waste?

A cold, cruel painting, yet so ordinary: Massacre of the Innocents by Pieter Brueghel the Younger whose day is today after his father Pieter the Great.

2/2 1Preaching of John the Baptist to a very international crowd. By Pieter Brueghel the Younger (whose day is today) after his father's composition. He did this a lot, & people loved the results!

Born (perhaps) on this day in 1564, in Brussels Pieter Brueghel the Younger. Older son of the great Pieter. Made a good career painting copies of dad’s work for eager market.

Virgin: adoring. Baby J: hold up with this adoring stuff and get me some clothing! Lunch would be nice too. By Jean Hay, whose day has been today.

2/2 Charles II of Bourbon, looking somewhat less normal and all erminey, also painted by Jean Hey.

Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, looking amazingly like a normal child in 1494. As painted by Jean Hey, whose day was today.

3/3 Anne, with daughter Suzanne, who looks resentful at that lesson about humility. Rightly so! Plus dad, who looks more humble. Sort of.

2/2 Anne de Beaujeu from the Moulins Triptych. Most powerful women in Europe, but told her daughter that being humble & courteous mattered most. A philosophy not apparent in her portrayal by Jean Hey.

Splendid triptych for the cathedral in Moulins, 1498, by Jean Hey. Also known (because of this work) as the Master of Moulins. Today is his day.

2/2 Portrait of Suzanne, daughter of Anne de Beaujeu, in 1493. Painted by Jean Hey, aka the Master of Moulins.

Margaret of Austria. When older, she governed the Netherlands for many years, and was also a great collector and patron. Here portrayed at age 10 in 1490 by Jean Hey, whose day is today.

3/3 Annunciation in elegant grisaille on the exterior of the Moulins triptych, 1498, by Jean Hey (aka the Master of Moulins) whose day is today.

2/2 Mary seems to have icon of Christ over her bed. Which seems just a wee tad anachronistic.

Gabriel is talking to the bed, & Mary is very confused, in this Annunciation by Jean Hey, aka the Master of Moulins. It's his day today.