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Vang voor ons de vossen,

de kleine vossen

die de wijngaarden te gronde richten,

nu onze wijngaarden bloeien.

Vang voor ons de vossen,

de kleine vossen

die de wijngaarden te gronde richten,

nu onze wijngaarden bloeien.

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2/2 The other great Doge portrait: Leonardo Loredan by Giovanni Bellini, ca. 1501. Just so you know.

Doge Andrea Gritti, 1540, by Titian. One of the 2 greatest Doge portraits, other being of course Bellini's Loredan. But it's Titian's day today.

Nou? Antwoord mij dan, meester

Van wie precies? De Britten? Nee die gaven het aan Israel. De Arabieren? Die bezaten het niet. De 'Palestijnen'? Dat waren duizend stammen van de Arabieren uit het Osmaanse rijk en de Middeleeuwse kalifaten en die bestaan niet meer.

Realiseer nou eens dat het klaar is met Amerika; de Amerikaanse hegemonie is afgelopen, verbroken, verstoken, vernietigd, opgehouden, ten leste ten einde gekomen. Wat nog rest is om dat te accepteren en weer vooruit te gaan. En niet de progressie dat de zogenaamde 'progressieven' progressie noemen.

Ik begrijp dat dit heel veel weergaven voor de website oplevert, maar bij God almachtig, stop toch met het over deze Amerikaanse nonsens te hebben. Heb het over Europa, over belangrijker zaken, iets anders dan deze slop.

The Seine at Rouen - 1872 #artbots #monet
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7808

Mooi en goed

Madonna of the steps: simple monumentality from Nicolas Poussin, who was born on this day in 1594. Perhaps with a nod to Caravaggio's fruit basket, too.

Gelukkig maar

In 1548, Tintoretto caused wonder & consternation on Venetian art scene w/ his controversial masterpiece, Saint Mark Freeing the Slave. I'm on the wonder side! Tintoretto died (alas) OTD 1594.

Head of a Peasant (Study for the Potato Eaters) - 1885 #artbots #vangogh
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/13617

Born on this day in 1498, Maarten van Heemskerck. Here in front of the Colosseum in 1553, although it had been 20 years since his life-changing trip to Italy. He still remembers!

Women messing with men's heads du jour, #1: Judith prepares to decapitate Holofernes. By Tintoretto of Venice, whose day is today.

Get thee hence, Satan! Christ spurns devil's offer of some really A+ cities in return for just a little worship in scene from Duccio's Maestà altarpiece, 1311.

Mary & Margaret Gainsborough, painted in 1758 by their doting father Thomas Gainsborough. I do slightly worry about their sisterly relationship.

Unhand me, fool! Athena spurns the advances of Hephaestus in totally A+ painting by Paris Bordone, born on this day in 1500.

Where do you normally get your images from? Do you have a database of photo's of your own, do you look for it on wikicommons, or do you have another site entirely?

Women on a balcony, fixing their hair and doing laundry. An amazing trompe l'oeil ceiling at the Pitti Palace by Alessandro Allori, 1589. Today is his day.

Born on this day in 1504, in Bologna, Francesco Primaticcio. Mostly of Fontainebleau. Here, Holy Family, hiding out in an amphitheater somewhere.

2/2 Max Ernst had a very, er, different take on the relationship between Mary & her son. Misreading of Campin from 1926.

2/2 Self-portrait by Jan de Heem. Portraiture wasn't really his thing, but he had to immortalize his own features! And today is his birthday.

What about the kangaroos

2/2 Canines at Cana, also waiting for dinner.

I don't think Cuyp knew how to paint a woman's hands

Fish Market, 1627. Brilliant work by Jacob Cuyp, whose day is today. Fish seller & woman stare at each other. Maid in red stares at you. I wrote a whole book so I could discuss this painting!

Looking at you from around 1635: winsome child painted by Jacob Cuyp of Dordrecht, whose day has been today.