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The school groups seemed to drop in constantly. Just the day before she had purchased three rolls of giftwrap.
Ludolf de Jongh, 1633-35
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The school groups seemed to drop in constantly. Just the day before she had purchased three rolls of giftwrap.

Ludolf de Jongh, 1633-35

    • #door to door
    • #art
    • #renaissance
    • #de Jongh
    • #paintings
    • #lol
    • #comic
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The new, tighter fashions always made him uncomfortable. Oh, how he longed to sport a mooseknuckle like his hunting companions.
(Carl Friedrich Zimmerman, 1810)
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The new, tighter fashions always made him uncomfortable. Oh, how he longed to sport a mooseknuckle like his hunting companions.

(Carl Friedrich Zimmerman, 1810)

    • #fashion
    • #Staying In Style
    • #style
    • #art
    • #paintings
    • #lol
  • 1 year ago
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They rarely let him play, since he almost always cheated.
(Louis Léopold Boilly, 1807)
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They rarely let him play, since he almost always cheated.

(Louis Léopold Boilly, 1807)

    • #games
    • #board games
    • #Sporting In Paradise
    • #painting
    • #lol
    • #art
    • #cheating
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Original hipsters.
(Louis Léopold Boilly, 1798)
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Original hipsters.

(Louis Léopold Boilly, 1798)

    • #hipster
    • #art
    • #lol
    • #comics
    • #painting
  • 1 year ago
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He never translated his success into domestic respect.
(Gaspard de Crayer, 1630s)
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He never translated his success into domestic respect.

(Gaspard de Crayer, 1630s)

    • #rockstar
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    • #lol
    • #humor
  • 1 year ago
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It was best that he hadn’t seen the portrait earlier, before half had been painted over.
(François-Léon Benouville, 1840s)
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It was best that he hadn’t seen the portrait earlier, before half had been painted over.

(François-Léon Benouville, 1840s)

    • #Architecture
    • #Art
    • #Benouville
    • #sketches
    • #portraits
    • #Building The Edifice
    • #Jostling For Position
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It had felt so important and productive at the time.

(Albertinelli, 1503, reposted)
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It had felt so important and productive at the time.

(Albertinelli, 1503, reposted)

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    • #music
    • #itunes
    • #mp3
    • #art
    • #firstworldproblems
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Truth was, he had never followed the program the way it was written.
(Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1530)
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Truth was, he had never followed the program the way it was written.

(Baccio Bandinelli, c. 1530)

    • #Fit and Fettle
    • #Sporting In Paradise
    • #sports
    • #workout
    • #art
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In truth, her shawl was so last year.
(Domenico Ghirlandio, 1486-90)
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In truth, her shawl was so last year.

(Domenico Ghirlandio, 1486-90)

    • #Staying In Style
    • #art
    • #fashion
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They loved the scenes on their cups even more than the rum punch that filled them.
(Konrad Witz, 1435)
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They loved the scenes on their cups even more than the rum punch that filled them.

(Konrad Witz, 1435)

    • #Domestic Deities
    • #Whiling Away The Time
    • #holiday
    • #art
    • #christmas
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