Trying to convince you to stop scrolling and visit an art museum.
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Apr 5
(36) This painting depicts the attempted rape of the nymph Lotis, as described in Ovid's Fasti. Painted by Andrea Mantegna's brother in law, and later altered by Titian. Albrecht Dürer claimed he was the best painter in all of Venice. 🧵(1/2)
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12 Nov 2025
(12) This is the face of the Roman goddess of the hunt, wilderness and childbirth. By an Italian painter born in Lucca in 1708. 🧵(1/2)
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12 Nov 2025
"Diana and Cupid", by Pompeo Batoni, 1761. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City @metmuseum metmuseum.org/art/collection… 🧵(2/2)
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Apr 5
(36) This painting depicts the attempted rape of the nymph Lotis, as described in Ovid's Fasti. Painted by Andrea Mantegna's brother in law, and later altered by Titian. Albrecht Dürer claimed he was the best painter in all of Venice. 🧵(1/2)
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Apr 5
"The Feast of the Gods" or "Il Festino degli Dei" by Giovanni Bellini, 1514. At the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. @ngadc. Altered by Dosso Dossi and Titian after Bellini's death to better align with Titian's The Bacchanal of the Andrians at the Duke of Ferrara's camerini d'alabastro 🧵(2/2)
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Mar 23
(35) It is always great when you can see a painting and a photo of the artist while painting it, although they are not in the same museum (at least they are on the same city) 🧵(1/3)
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Mar 23
"Mrs. Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel" by John Singer Sargent, 1903. At the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston @mfaboston. 🧵(2/3)
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Mar 23
Photos of John Singer Sargent painting Mrs. Warren and her daughter, taken by John Templeman Coolidge, at Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Fenway Court in Boston, now the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum gardnermuseum.org/experience… 🧵(3/3)
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Mar 20
(34) This is not one but five different paintings from the Dutch Golden Age artist known by his nickname Gherardo delle Notti, due to his chiaroscuro style heavily influenced by Caravaggio 🧵(1/7)
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Mar 20
"Musical Group on a Balcony" by Gerrit van Honthorst, 1622. At the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California @GettyMuseum 🧵(6/7)
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Mar 20
The Centraal Museum in Utrecht will present the exhibition "Gerard van Honthorst - Different to Rembrandt" from April 25, 2026 - September 13, 2026. With about 60 paintings and 30 drawings from this Dutch Golden Age artist. centraalmuseum.nl/en/now/exh…🧵(7/7)
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Mar 1
(33) This painting depicts the god Jupiter, not as a man, but as a bull. It once belonged to Joseph Bonaparte, Napoleon's oldest brother and King of Naples and Spain.🧵(1/2)
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Mar 1
"The Abduction of Europa", by Noël-Nicolas Coypel, 1727. At the Philadelphia Museum of Art @philaartmuseum 🧵(2/2)
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Jan 30
(32) Two beautiful faces on the same painting, by an English artist born in St. James Street, London in 1787. 🧵(1/2)
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Jan 30
"Portrait of the Misses Leader" by George Henry Harlow, 1814. At the Philadelphia Art Museum @visitpham. We will be seeing one more painting of the Leader family in a future post.🧵(2/2)
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Jan 26
(31) The artist's name is Tiziano Vecellio, better known by a differerent name. This Venus' theme was later adapted by other great artists like Rubens and Velazquez. Bought by Russia, resold to Andrew Mellon, and donated to the US government. 🧵(1/2)
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Jan 26
"Venus with a Mirror" by Titian, 1555. At the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC @ngadc. Several other versions exist around the world, but this one is the OG.
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Jan 17
(30) One of them is the artist's future wife, and these faces belong to real characters, painted at the Maison Fournaise in Chatou, France. One of my favorite paintings in the whole world. 🧵(1/3)
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Jan 17
"Luncheon of the Boating Party" or "Le Déjeuner des canotiers", by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881. At the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC. @PhillipsMuseum 🧵(2/3)
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Jan 17
And there is nothing better than enjoying your favorite painting, all alone with the whole room by yourself. May you have that fortune one day. 🧵(3/3)
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