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Queen Elisabeth the First visits Marguerite de France in the Possonnière Manor. They will be able to chat for one month, most likely about Ronsard… Closing/finissage: Sunday September 21, 2025. La Possonnière, Couture sur Loir, France #bsky.art #elizabeth1st #portraitsdansmabibliotheque #art
September 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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10 portraits with 10 related curiosity objects: Happy to share my imaginary library in the manoir de la Possonnière, Couture sur Loir, France. The portraits are real, as are the curiosity objects. #art #bsky.art
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May 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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La Malinche, 1489-1528, was sold by her brother to a Maya cacique who gave her to the conquistador Hernán Cortés. As his interpreter and adviser, she helped him annihilate the Aztec Empire. #oilpainting, 12x12”, 2025. #lamalinche #hernancortes #portraitsdansmabibliotheque @bsky.art #bsky.art
She was born in a noble Nahua family on the gulf coast, sold by her brother to a Maya cacique who gave her to the conquistador Hernán Cortés who shared the same enemy, the Aztec Empire. As his interpreter and adviser, she helped him vanquish the 7 lords of the Tenochtitlan region. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he had his coat of arms encircled by a chain bounding the 7 lords’ heads. I imagine he could have made a necklace with that chain and offered it to La Malinche.
March 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Hernán Cortés, 1485 - 1547, Conquistador of the Aztec Empire. Emperor Charles V awarded him a coat of arms featuring a locked chain bounding the seven lords he defeated. That chain says it all. #oilpainting, 2025, 12x12”. @bsky.art #bsky.art #hernancortes #oilpainting #portraitsdansmabibliotheque
Hernán Cortés, 1485 - 1547, Conquistador. Initiated the Spanish colonization of the Americas with the conquest of the Aztec Empire. Emperor Charles V awarded him the title of marqués del Valle de Oaxaca. His coat of arms features the central shield encircled by a locked chain bounding the seven lords he defeated during the conquest of Tenochtitlan. That chain says it all.
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Nicolas Martiau, 1591–1657. With face of George Washington, his descendant. Companion piece, a folding yard stick compliments of the Virginia Company of London, his employer. Oil on wood, 18 x 0.75 x 0.5 inches, unfolded, 2025. #portraitsdansmabibliotheque #bsky.art @bsky.art #oilpainting
The folding yard stick is a companion piece, compliments of the Virginia Company of London, that employed Martiau as a military engineer. Ok, I took some liberties here: the yard measure was only adopted in 1893 and standardized in 1959. #nicolasmartiau #jamestown #yard
February 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Portrait of Christophe Plantin, 1520-1589. Born in St-Avertin, France, established his publishing house in Antwerp. Today a UNESCO World Heritage Site. #oilpainting after Rubens. Oil on canvas, 2024, 24x38”.
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February 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Christophe Plantin, 1520-1589, established his publishing house in Antwerp. Title pages of Plantin Press used a compass vignette with the motto “Labore and Constantia”. Oil on wood, 2025, 11 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches.
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February 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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La Malinche, a traitor to her people as interpreter/lover to Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés? The Moctezuma Palace is behind her next to an Aztec temple. Oil on canvas, 38 x 24 inches, huile sur toile, 96 x 60 cm, 2025. @bsky.art #portraitsdansmabibliotheque #malinche #mexico #bsky.art
February 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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It takes more than a village to reach to the stars. To help Ptolemy, Einstein and Montgolfier, I found the model of a rocket in Hergé’s Tintin. Oil on wood, 12.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 inches, huile sur bois, 32 x 16 x 16 cm, 2025. #herge #tintin #bsky.art #portraitsdansmabibliotheque @bsky.art
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM