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

Luis Melendez, loving the lumpiness of a pile of pears. Or a quorum of quinces? Today was his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 2h

Fruits & rather dire-looking cheese: more luncheon delights in 1771 from Luis Melendez, whose day is today.

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

Pasta sauce! Tomatoes & a bowl of aubergines and onions, painted in 1780 by Luis Egidio Melendez of Madrid. Today is his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 5h

Extraordinary material intensity of this still life of a melon and pears (or quinces), painted in 1772 by Luis Egidio Melendez of Madrid. It's his day today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 7h

Some very ebullient grapes sizzle over the more pedestrian plums in this beautiful still life from 1762 by Luis Egidio Melendez. It's his day today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 9h

Lunch time in 1772, as beautifully (and mouth-wateringly) evoked by Luis Egidio Meléndez of Madrid. It's his day today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 11h

Cherries and cheese by a beautiful blue pitcher in 1760 by Luis Egidio Melendez. It's his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 14h

Oranges. And boxes. So simple yet so perfectly balanced by Luis Egidio Meléndez of Madrid, whose day is today.

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

Today's artist w/out a known birthday: Luis Egidio Meléndez, brilliant still-life painter from Madrid. Also quite able in other areas, as displayed in his self-portrait w/ an academic drawing, 1747. Plus Historical Hottie du jour.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Looking right at you from around 1600: an unknown man, painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver, whose day was today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lady costumed for the masque, as a rather racy Flora. Painted in miniature by Isaac Oliver. Today is his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The three brothers Browne and their servant, 1598. Yet how is it possible that 4th man is their servant? He has a sword! By Isaac Oliver, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Two sisters, ages five (left) and four (right). Some serious late Elizabethan cuteness from Isaac Oliver, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Isaac Oliver minature showing Elizabeth and the Three Goddesses. A judgment of Paris take-off with QE as both judge and winner of the contest. Original conceit was by Hans Eworth, but today is Oliver's day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Handsome Prince Henry in armor, but with a fab multi-layer lace collar, a little incongruous but impressive. Painted in 1610 by Isaac Oliver, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury, being handsome & elusive & melancholy in 1610. Miniature by Isaac Oliver, who died OTD in 1617.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dashing Elizabethan favorite w/ A+ beard: Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, in 1596, 5 years before his unfortunate treason & execution. Painted by Isaac Oliver, who died OTD in 1617.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A rare unfinished miniature of Elizabeth I provides a revealing glimpse of her in old age. By Isaac Oliver, immigrant artist in England, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Always the best-dressed under every circumstance Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset, as painted in miniature in 1616 by Isaac Oliver. It's his day today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Died (alas!) on this day in 1617, miniaturist Isaac Oliver. Actually born in France, so another immigrant making great (if small) British art! Here, by himself.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Feeling like there's a rather problematic mother-child relationship here. By Jan Gossaert, whose day has been today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Jan Gossaert : Portrait of Hendrik III, Count of Nassau-Breda, in 1517. What's with the picture frame behind him? An odd trick.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes, it's familiar. Copy (of sorts) of the deesis from Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece, painted in 1525 by the ever-entertaining Jan Gossaert, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Crazy (and big!) Neptune & Amphitrite, painted for the palace of Philip of Burgundy (a man of strange tastes, one suspects) in 1516 by Jan Gossaert, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dorothea of Denmark, a little older than in the last portrait, has combed her hair to be shown with her armillary sphere. By Jan Gossaert, who died OTD in 1532. Have always loved this painting.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The three children of Christian II of Denmark: Dorothea, John, & Christina. So much excellence in this picture, painted in 1526 by Jan Gossaert.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Glorious Adoration of the Kings, 1515. Everything is so fab: costumes, architecture, dogs. By Jan Gossaert, whose day is today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Portrait of a Merchant by Jan Gossaert. He's wedged between all the things of his world, but his skeptical gaze crosses effortlessly to ours from 1530.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Angel guides Saint Luke's stylus in a spectacular life sitting with Virgin, child, and bunch of putti, 1525. By Jan Gossaert. It's his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Died (alas!) on this day in 1532, Jan Gossaert, sometimes known as Mabuse. Flemish renaissance painter of great talent. Also great beard & A+ collapsible hat for those days when you're just not sure.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Beautiful picture of an older woman, 1654. Exactly the eyes of gentle old age. By Michael Sweerts, whose day has been today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Come blow your horn! Because it’s Michael Sweerts’s birthday, and you should celebrate it.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Visiting and comforting prisoners, from an Acts of Mercy series by Michael Sweerts. Traditionally, caring for prisoners was the duty of any good Christian. Your society has kind of forgotten that.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Street in Rome. Knife-grinder busy with customers. And a young Flemish artist draws after Bernini, because he knows what matters here! By Michael Sweerts, born on this day 1618.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Nude wrestling match, with mixed audience, from 1650. Truly amazing painting for its time, or any time really, by Michael Sweerts. He was born on this day in Brussels in 1618.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Has owie! Little girl with bandaged finger, painted by Michael Sweerts, born in Brussels on this day (more or less) in 1618.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Boy in a turban, with flowers. Beautiful & enigmatic work by Michael Sweerts of Brussels etc., who was born yesterday in 1618.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Woman sews. Artist paints. Antique sculpture is there in the middle. Which matters more, life or art, asks Michael Sweerts. And it's his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Drawing from the live model in the 1650s. Look at those elegant young pupils! Future rich amateur artists. But well trained by Michael Sweerts in Brussels!

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Michael Sweerts, peripatetic & rather tormented artist, reminding us that he's going to die. Which eventually he did. But yesterday was his birthday!

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Born yesterday in 1618 in Brussels, painter and traveler Michael Sweerts. Here by himself in 1656. We're celebrating his belated 408th b'day today.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Fruit basket. Just being there. By Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, born on this day, in Milan, in 1571.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Years and years of therapy are not going to be enough for Isaac. Caravaggio, born on this day in 1571, is very clear about that here in 1603.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For the Knights of Malta (having become one himself) Caravaggio paints the death of John the Baptist. His largest painting, and not a pretty sight.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Men messing with women's (or gorgon's) heads du jour: Medusa's shrieking head on shield of Perseus, 1597, by Caravaggio. It's his birthday.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For you, if you dare. Bacchus, 1598. Just one of Caravaggio's boys. And today is Caravaggio's day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another young John the Baptist, since the last was (rightly) censored. This one is moody and intense but still pretty hot, in 1604. By Caravaggio, of course. Born OTD in 1571.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NSFW religious art: John the Baptist cuddling with his horned ram, 1602. No lamb of God for this boy! By Caravaggio, natch, & it's his day.

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Women messing with men’s heads du jour: Judith decapitates Holofernes with distaste but determination, 1597. By Caravaggio, born OTD in 1571.

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