windy day in sans souci

Madame receives a letter

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Monsieur, the King, and Madame.(Phillipe d’Orléans, Louis XIV and Liselotte of the Palatinate)

RT @PeanutMGA: 18th century photoshop

guys I’m sure he’s just thinking of having himself painted in the same way but you can’t stop Father B, certified academician of the royal shipping academy … ;).

… as if the naturalness and vibrancy of the painting’s colors had vividly brought to life before his eyes all the wonders he had heard us recount about our august monarch.".

“What struck the emperor the most were the portraits of the royal family, and above all that of the king—a likeness the prince could not tear his eyes away from…” Joachim Bouvet, letter describing his return to China in 1699

fruit season 🍐🍓

fritztaire but celluloid?

Study of Pieter Boel, Still life with Globe and cockatoo, c. 1658

ridiculous 1690s wig but dyed

RT @PeanutMGA: idk why i did this

part of 乾隆紫光阁赐宴图 which I really like for some reason

study - from Paolo Panini, “preparation of fireworks and festive decoration on the Piazza Navona”