Ahem.
(At the @WallaceMuseum)
(At the @WallaceMuseum)
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Ahem.
(At the @WallaceMuseum)
(At the @WallaceMuseum)
At an event at @wallacemuseum with Sir Grayson Perry!
April 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
At an event at @wallacemuseum with Sir Grayson Perry!
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, great Flemish Baroque artist, humanist scholar & diplomat, knighted by Charles I, died #OTD 1640.
Royal Collection @RCT / @WallaceMuseum / @AlbertinaMuseum
Royal Collection @RCT / @WallaceMuseum / @AlbertinaMuseum
May 30, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Sir Peter Paul Rubens, great Flemish Baroque artist, humanist scholar & diplomat, knighted by Charles I, died #OTD 1640.
Royal Collection @RCT / @WallaceMuseum / @AlbertinaMuseum
Royal Collection @RCT / @WallaceMuseum / @AlbertinaMuseum
- Cómo me atrae la cadencia del columpio y la excitante visión de tus enaguas. Descuida, tu cándido esposo no advierte la burla. Cupido y el zumbido de las cuerdas acallan el ladrido de su can. Piérdete conmigo en esta naturaleza indómita. #EmocionArte #Fragonard @WallaceMuseum
April 29, 2026 at 3:56 AM
- Cómo me atrae la cadencia del columpio y la excitante visión de tus enaguas. Descuida, tu cándido esposo no advierte la burla. Cupido y el zumbido de las cuerdas acallan el ladrido de su can. Piérdete conmigo en esta naturaleza indómita. #EmocionArte #Fragonard @WallaceMuseum
Sir Thomas Lawrence, bravura painter whose ‘swagger portraits’ defined the Regency, died #OTD 1830; President of Royal Academy, champion of Turner & Blake; satirised in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair & Dickens’s Little Dorrit.
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
January 7, 2024 at 6:13 AM
Sir Thomas Lawrence, bravura painter whose ‘swagger portraits’ defined the Regency, died #OTD 1830; President of Royal Academy, champion of Turner & Blake; satirised in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair & Dickens’s Little Dorrit.
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
“Flowers and Fruit.” Simon Saint-Jean (France; 1808–1860). Oil on canvas, 1853. The Wallace Collection, London.
#simonsaintjean
#saintjean
#wallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
#simonsaintjean
#saintjean
#wallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
September 15, 2025 at 10:23 PM
“Flowers and Fruit.” Simon Saint-Jean (France; 1808–1860). Oil on canvas, 1853. The Wallace Collection, London.
#simonsaintjean
#saintjean
#wallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
#simonsaintjean
#saintjean
#wallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
“Either be silent, or say something better than silence.”
Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque artist of Neapolitan school, died #OTD 1673; his desolate, tempestuous landscapes anticipated romanticism & influenced JMW Turner.
@NationalGallery @WallaceMuseum
Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque artist of Neapolitan school, died #OTD 1673; his desolate, tempestuous landscapes anticipated romanticism & influenced JMW Turner.
@NationalGallery @WallaceMuseum
March 15, 2024 at 6:14 AM
“Either be silent, or say something better than silence.”
Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque artist of Neapolitan school, died #OTD 1673; his desolate, tempestuous landscapes anticipated romanticism & influenced JMW Turner.
@NationalGallery @WallaceMuseum
Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque artist of Neapolitan school, died #OTD 1673; his desolate, tempestuous landscapes anticipated romanticism & influenced JMW Turner.
@NationalGallery @WallaceMuseum
Another face from the England sketchbook- this one is “Portrait of a Young Woman” by Rubens and Studio, at the stunning @wallacemuseum in London.
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#art #arthistory #sketchbook #sketch #illustration #rubens
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#art #arthistory #sketchbook #sketch #illustration #rubens
October 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Another face from the England sketchbook- this one is “Portrait of a Young Woman” by Rubens and Studio, at the stunning @wallacemuseum in London.
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#art #arthistory #sketchbook #sketch #illustration #rubens
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#art #arthistory #sketchbook #sketch #illustration #rubens
An Ancient Greek relay race, where your centaur teammate was distracted, and not ready to catch the baton 😱👍🏛️🍑🏃🏼🐎 #MuseumBums
Hercules and Eurytion, c1640, by Ferdinando Tacca, after a model by Pietro Tacca, from @WallaceMuseum
Hercules and Eurytion, c1640, by Ferdinando Tacca, after a model by Pietro Tacca, from @WallaceMuseum
March 20, 2024 at 8:10 AM
An Ancient Greek relay race, where your centaur teammate was distracted, and not ready to catch the baton 😱👍🏛️🍑🏃🏼🐎 #MuseumBums
Hercules and Eurytion, c1640, by Ferdinando Tacca, after a model by Pietro Tacca, from @WallaceMuseum
Hercules and Eurytion, c1640, by Ferdinando Tacca, after a model by Pietro Tacca, from @WallaceMuseum
A Dance to the Music of Time, painted c. 1635 by French Baroque artist Nicolas Poussin; inspired cycle of 12 novels (1951-75), by Anthony Powell, born #OTD 1905.
@WallaceMuseum @NPGLondon
@WallaceMuseum @NPGLondon
December 21, 2023 at 6:16 AM
A Dance to the Music of Time, painted c. 1635 by French Baroque artist Nicolas Poussin; inspired cycle of 12 novels (1951-75), by Anthony Powell, born #OTD 1905.
@WallaceMuseum @NPGLondon
@WallaceMuseum @NPGLondon
Sir Thomas Lawrence, bravura painter whose ‘swagger portraits’ defined the Regency, born #OTD 1769; President of Royal Academy, champion of Turner & Blake; satirised in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair & Dickens’s Little Dorrit.
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
April 13, 2024 at 5:00 AM
Sir Thomas Lawrence, bravura painter whose ‘swagger portraits’ defined the Regency, born #OTD 1769; President of Royal Academy, champion of Turner & Blake; satirised in Thackeray’s Vanity Fair & Dickens’s Little Dorrit.
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
@RCT @ApsleyHouse @WallaceMuseum
The Lion Hunt
Horace Vernet
1836
Oil on canvas,
57.1 cm × 81.7 cm (22.5 in × 32.2 in)
Location Wallace Collection, London .. only.art_lovers
Horace Vernet - The Lion Hunt
| 1836 | Orientalism | The Wallace Collection, London, UK @wallacemuseum
Horace Vernet
1836
Oil on canvas,
57.1 cm × 81.7 cm (22.5 in × 32.2 in)
Location Wallace Collection, London .. only.art_lovers
Horace Vernet - The Lion Hunt
| 1836 | Orientalism | The Wallace Collection, London, UK @wallacemuseum
March 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Lion Hunt
Horace Vernet
1836
Oil on canvas,
57.1 cm × 81.7 cm (22.5 in × 32.2 in)
Location Wallace Collection, London .. only.art_lovers
Horace Vernet - The Lion Hunt
| 1836 | Orientalism | The Wallace Collection, London, UK @wallacemuseum
Horace Vernet
1836
Oil on canvas,
57.1 cm × 81.7 cm (22.5 in × 32.2 in)
Location Wallace Collection, London .. only.art_lovers
Horace Vernet - The Lion Hunt
| 1836 | Orientalism | The Wallace Collection, London, UK @wallacemuseum
Happy Boxing Day
Christmas at the #WallaceCollection
🎄
#london #boxingday #ststephensday #christmastide
#christmas #tree #christmastree #jesus #christ #celebration #christmasphotography #noel #yule #silentnight #yuletime #presents #christmaspresents
#iphonephotography #wallacemuseum
#shotoniphone
Christmas at the #WallaceCollection
🎄
#london #boxingday #ststephensday #christmastide
#christmas #tree #christmastree #jesus #christ #celebration #christmasphotography #noel #yule #silentnight #yuletime #presents #christmaspresents
#iphonephotography #wallacemuseum
#shotoniphone
December 26, 2024 at 8:38 AM
When you're both super-tired, but there's a whole day of things to do 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
Ary Scheffer's "Francesca Da Rimini", 1835, from @WallaceMuseum
George Elliott said she could look at this painting for hours! 😁
Ary Scheffer's "Francesca Da Rimini", 1835, from @WallaceMuseum
George Elliott said she could look at this painting for hours! 😁
March 6, 2024 at 8:31 AM
When you're both super-tired, but there's a whole day of things to do 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
Ary Scheffer's "Francesca Da Rimini", 1835, from @WallaceMuseum
George Elliott said she could look at this painting for hours! 😁
Ary Scheffer's "Francesca Da Rimini", 1835, from @WallaceMuseum
George Elliott said she could look at this painting for hours! 😁
'Ere, 'ave you seen that guy painting a plate of us? 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
A cistern fragment from c1545, probably painted by Camillo Gatti. Now on display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
A cistern fragment from c1545, probably painted by Camillo Gatti. Now on display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
February 10, 2024 at 8:33 AM
'Ere, 'ave you seen that guy painting a plate of us? 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
A cistern fragment from c1545, probably painted by Camillo Gatti. Now on display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
A cistern fragment from c1545, probably painted by Camillo Gatti. Now on display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
"Come on Olivia! We can't go for the world record skinny dip if you're still wearing your top!" 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Women Bathing", 1525, Giorgio Andreoli, from @WallaceMuseum 😁
"Women Bathing", 1525, Giorgio Andreoli, from @WallaceMuseum 😁
February 6, 2024 at 7:15 AM
"Come on Olivia! We can't go for the world record skinny dip if you're still wearing your top!" 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Women Bathing", 1525, Giorgio Andreoli, from @WallaceMuseum 😁
"Women Bathing", 1525, Giorgio Andreoli, from @WallaceMuseum 😁
To coincide with the @WallaceMuseum
Boulle exhibition, I am reposting my essay on Jacques Thuret, the clock-maker
wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumP...
www.pastellists.com/Essays/Vivie...
Boulle exhibition, I am reposting my essay on Jacques Thuret, the clock-maker
wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumP...
www.pastellists.com/Essays/Vivie...
Stale Session
wallacelive.wallacecollection.org
November 24, 2024 at 1:41 PM
To coincide with the @WallaceMuseum
Boulle exhibition, I am reposting my essay on Jacques Thuret, the clock-maker
wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumP...
www.pastellists.com/Essays/Vivie...
Boulle exhibition, I am reposting my essay on Jacques Thuret, the clock-maker
wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumP...
www.pastellists.com/Essays/Vivie...
No repares en las joyas ni los trajes. No mires las posturas, tampoco sus linajes. Céntrate, eso sí, en las manos delicadas que definen a Marie, o en las certezas que muestra en las suyas Philippe. Hasta en los canes tiene Van Dyck la intención de #EmocionArte. @WallaceMuseum
June 8, 2024 at 7:38 AM
No repares en las joyas ni los trajes. No mires las posturas, tampoco sus linajes. Céntrate, eso sí, en las manos delicadas que definen a Marie, o en las certezas que muestra en las suyas Philippe. Hasta en los canes tiene Van Dyck la intención de #EmocionArte. @WallaceMuseum
Time travelling through art at the Wallace Collection 🔍🇬🇧 #LondonDays @wallacemuseum #art #timeless # Christmas
December 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Time travelling through art at the Wallace Collection 🔍🇬🇧 #LondonDays @wallacemuseum #art #timeless # Christmas
Not quite what we had in mind when we said "cake plate" 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Saturn devouring one of his children", c.1540, after a 1526 print by Gian Jacopo Caraglio. The story is from Ovid's Fasti. On display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
"Saturn devouring one of his children", c.1540, after a 1526 print by Gian Jacopo Caraglio. The story is from Ovid's Fasti. On display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
March 4, 2024 at 7:28 AM
Not quite what we had in mind when we said "cake plate" 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums
"Saturn devouring one of his children", c.1540, after a 1526 print by Gian Jacopo Caraglio. The story is from Ovid's Fasti. On display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
"Saturn devouring one of his children", c.1540, after a 1526 print by Gian Jacopo Caraglio. The story is from Ovid's Fasti. On display at @WallaceMuseum 😁
“An Allegory of Fruitfulness.” Jacob Jordaens (Flemish; 1593–1678). Oil on canvas, 1620–9. The Wallace Collection, London.
@wallacemuseum
#jacobjordaens
#jordaens
#SeventeenthCentury #Painting #anallegoryoffruitfulness
#thewallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
@wallacemuseum
#jacobjordaens
#jordaens
#SeventeenthCentury #Painting #anallegoryoffruitfulness
#thewallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
July 7, 2024 at 2:50 AM
“An Allegory of Fruitfulness.” Jacob Jordaens (Flemish; 1593–1678). Oil on canvas, 1620–9. The Wallace Collection, London.
@wallacemuseum
#jacobjordaens
#jordaens
#SeventeenthCentury #Painting #anallegoryoffruitfulness
#thewallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
@wallacemuseum
#jacobjordaens
#jordaens
#SeventeenthCentury #Painting #anallegoryoffruitfulness
#thewallacecollection
@wallacemuseum
At the age of 18 Henriette Sontag sang the solo soprano parts in the first performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Miniature by Alessandro Fiocchi after a painting by renowned court painter Franz Winterhalter.
#FranzWinterhalter
#AlessandroFiocchi
#Winterhalter
#henriettesontag
@wallacemuseum
Miniature by Alessandro Fiocchi after a painting by renowned court painter Franz Winterhalter.
#FranzWinterhalter
#AlessandroFiocchi
#Winterhalter
#henriettesontag
@wallacemuseum
November 30, 2024 at 5:09 AM
At the age of 18 Henriette Sontag sang the solo soprano parts in the first performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
Miniature by Alessandro Fiocchi after a painting by renowned court painter Franz Winterhalter.
#FranzWinterhalter
#AlessandroFiocchi
#Winterhalter
#henriettesontag
@wallacemuseum
Miniature by Alessandro Fiocchi after a painting by renowned court painter Franz Winterhalter.
#FranzWinterhalter
#AlessandroFiocchi
#Winterhalter
#henriettesontag
@wallacemuseum
is it just me or these paintings of Girl in a Blue Dress and The Strawberry Girl @WallaceMuseum look terrifying
April 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
is it just me or these paintings of Girl in a Blue Dress and The Strawberry Girl @WallaceMuseum look terrifying
“The Toilette”
Watteau (Jean Antoine Watteau), c. 1717/1719
Wallace Collection, London, UK
8.25 x 5 in (21,5 x 12,7 cm)
Ink markers and color pencils on 70 G/M² sketchbook paper
01/11/26
#pandemicmasters #wallacecollection #wallacemuseum #watteau
Watteau (Jean Antoine Watteau), c. 1717/1719
Wallace Collection, London, UK
8.25 x 5 in (21,5 x 12,7 cm)
Ink markers and color pencils on 70 G/M² sketchbook paper
01/11/26
#pandemicmasters #wallacecollection #wallacemuseum #watteau
May 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
“The Toilette”
Watteau (Jean Antoine Watteau), c. 1717/1719
Wallace Collection, London, UK
8.25 x 5 in (21,5 x 12,7 cm)
Ink markers and color pencils on 70 G/M² sketchbook paper
01/11/26
#pandemicmasters #wallacecollection #wallacemuseum #watteau
Watteau (Jean Antoine Watteau), c. 1717/1719
Wallace Collection, London, UK
8.25 x 5 in (21,5 x 12,7 cm)
Ink markers and color pencils on 70 G/M² sketchbook paper
01/11/26
#pandemicmasters #wallacecollection #wallacemuseum #watteau
Christmas at the Wallace Collection
🎄
#london
#christmas #tree #christmastree #decoration #jesus #christ #christmasphotography #christmastime #noel #yule #silentnight #yuletime #christmaslights #presents #christmaspresents #christmasbaubles #wallacecollection
#iphonephotography #wallacemuseum
🎄
#london
#christmas #tree #christmastree #decoration #jesus #christ #christmasphotography #christmastime #noel #yule #silentnight #yuletime #christmaslights #presents #christmaspresents #christmasbaubles #wallacecollection
#iphonephotography #wallacemuseum
December 12, 2024 at 9:44 AM