Amami, oh Beatrice!

a-l-ancien-regime:

Sun and moon horizontal dial for latitudes 46°-50° North. The silvered compass at the centre has the cardinal points named in Latin and an arrow drawn on the compass bowl to indicate the magnetic variation at 10° West of North.  The upper section is marked with a scale of latitudes.  The base of the compass is engraved with tables of latitudes for different towns and cities around Europe . {early 18th century}

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London

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fripperiesandfobs:

vivelareine:

A mistaken portrait:

At the Schönbrunn palace in Austria, this portrait by Martin van Meytens now carries the name plate of Maria Josepha, and not Maria Antonia.

Maria Josepha was one of Marie-Antoinette’s older sisters, who died from smallpox at the age of 16. Recent research by Austrian art historians has indicated that the painting is Maria Josepha due to the painting bearing a striking resemblance to several portraits known to be Maria Josepha, the facial features matching those of Maria Josepha, and the maturity of the girl in the painting suiting that of the 16 year old archduchess more so than the 12 year old Marie Antoinette.

This isn’t the first “Marie Antoinette” painting to undergo an identity change. Just a few years ago a portrait long thought to be Marie Antoinette was identified as her aunt, Madame Sophie, largely due to research on the floor shown in the painting which corresponded to Madame Sophie’s apartments.

I hope more research is published about this new identification in the future. It seems so ingrained in us that is this Marie Antoinette that more widespread information about the new identity would be more helpful than a smattering of articles only published in German! But for now, there is a lengthy thread that discusses the issue in French here.

I have to say, I’ve always had my doubts that this was Marie Antoinette. The likeness just doesn’t line up with others of her at the time or later. Look at these two portraits, for example:

Both have a pretty uniform facial pattern that matches up with later depictions by Le Brun and others, but do they resemble the above? Not really!

Lovely! <3

yeoldefashion:

Bergère straw hat decorated in colored straw flowers, dates to the 1760s.

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No sé por qué, pero creo que me enamoré.

23silence:

Portrait miniature of Mrs. Russell
1781 
John Smart  
(c.1740 - 1811)

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18thcenturylove:

Mrs Mary Robinson (Perdita)
George Romney, 1781

18thcenturylove:

Infanta Mariana Victoria of Spain
Nicolas de Largillière, 1724

consentingtodream:

Portrait of Elena Alexandrovna Naryshkina
Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1799

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vivelareine:

Marie Antoinette en Gaulle, 1783

Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

I’ve always thought that Marie Antoinette should be credited with the beginning of Regency fashions based on this portrait. She revolutionized the simple look that followed in the next period of dress.

fuckyeah-arthistory:

Apollo and Daphne - Bernini, 1622-24. Marble.

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Pardessus de Viole or treble viol, c1730-40, France.
Portrait thought to be of Louis de Caix d’Hervelois (famous French viol player and composer) and his wife? Marie-Anne.

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fuckyeah-arthistory:

The Rape of Proserpina
Bernini, 1621-22.

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Se alcanza a leer en la segunda hoja:
La musica è del Signor Volfgango Mozart, Maestro Di Capella…
^_^

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fuckyeah-arthistory:

The Swing
Jean-Honore Fragonard, 1767

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