Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
Dew drops on roses and girls in white dresses . . . . .portraits of women and children decked out for summer by Spanish court portrait painter Agustín Esteve (1753-1830).
Manuela Isidra Téllez-Girón, future Duchess of Abrantes. 1797. Collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Artwork in the public domain in the United States due to the artist having died over 100 years ago. via http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2017/09/04/35645093.htmlThe Duquesa de Osuna, a young woman and child. circa 1796-97. Oil on canvas. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. Collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. via http://godsandfoolishgrandeur.blogspot.com/2018/11/eight-ladies-in-white.html.Joaquina Téllez-Girón, daugther of the 9th Duke and Duchess of Osuna, 1798. Oil on canvas. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 100 years. Collection of the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. via http://www.alaintruong.com/archives/2017/09/04/35645093.html.
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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