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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 3h

Looking right at you, and not: partially blind woman drawn by Annibale Carracci. Today was his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 8h

2/2 Also just fantastic: oil sketch of an old woman, painted in around 1582 by Annibale Carracci. It's his birthday.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 10h

African woman holding a wonderful gold table-clock. Painted in the 1580s by Annibale Carracci, whose day is today.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 9h

Isham war memorial. St. Peter’s Church, Isham, Northamptonshire. #LestWeForget

Isham war memorial. First World War inscription.

Isham war memorial. First World War names.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 9h

Isham war memorial. St. Peter’s Church, Isham, Northamptonshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15h

Self-portrait on the easel, 1604. Surely a candidate for greatest self-portrait of all time. Plus dog! By Annibale Carracci, born on this day in 1560.

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Gail Savage @savagegl.bsky.social · 15h

Trump's Halloween 2025 Great Gatsby party and Thomas Dugdale's "The Arrival of the Jarrow Marchers in London" (1936)

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

Looking right at you from 1775: Jean-Siméon Chardin, portraying himself at age 76. Today was his birthday.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

A jar of apricots in 1758, to round off Jean-Siméon Chardin's birthday.

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Andrea Kaston Tange @aktange.bsky.social · 1d

petition to return to black-and-white portraits with 1930s lighting for all faculty photos from now on

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 Lady taking tea in 1735, by Jean-Simeon Chardin.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

Learning can never begin too early: The Little Teacher, 1736. Charming scene by Jean-Siméon Chardin, born on this day in 1699.

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

2/2 Altogether charming mother and daughter painted by Chardin.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

Sweet earnestness of small child's grace in 1744 -- or perhaps she is begging permission to reach the table. What's with that lowchair, Mr. Chardin? And happy birthday, too.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

Godmanchester war memorial. Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire. #LestWeForget

Godmanchester war memorial. First World War inscription.

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

Godmanchester war memorial. Godmanchester, Cambridgeshire. First and Second World Wars. #LestWeForget

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1d

'Coast Scene at Brighton: Evening.'
This view, painted in May 1828, depicts the setting sun over Shoreham-by-Sea, west of Brighton. The melancholy character of the picture may be linked to the declining health of John Constable's wife Maria, who died six months later.

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Gail Savage @savagegl.bsky.social · 1d

No plans, it's all a scam. Dorothy exposed the fakery of the Wizard; we need the brains, courage, and heart to the same.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1d

Anne Redpath often favoured a more muted palette than the vivid colours of her contemporaries. Greys became central to her work—she wrote of using it as a colour rather than a background, underscoring her belief that even the most neutral tones carry emotional and visual weight.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 1d

Born on this day in 1699, Jean-Simeon Chardin. Here giving himself a look in 1771.

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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 1d

Last week I saw another painting by Caravaggio in person: “Supper at Emmaus” (1606), at the Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan. For his technical mastery, innovative methods, and psychological/emotional depth, I regard him as the world’s greatest painter. I wish I could write history the way he paints.

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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 5d

Republicans need to come back from their month-long paid vacation and do the work of democracy. Cancel the health care cuts. Reopen the government. Restore nutrition. Release the Epstein File. Cut the crap.

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 2d

The crowd tonight in Norfolk, Virginia for Abigail Spanberger and Barack Obama. LET’S GO!!!

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about Johnson not swearing in Grijalva is that’s it a test for 2026.

If you think they will accept an outcome they don’t like, they will just Grijalva it.

So what’s the plan when the GOP says “we ain’t leaving, fuck you, make us.”

Because that IS what they are going to say.

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