Mark Shepheard

Art historian working on musicians, artists & portraiture: mainly Italian & 17-18C. Producer of the Early Music Experience for @3MBSfinemusic

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@AnnetteRubery Augustus the Strong, I think

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@auctionaugur Lovely painting. Would have been a steal at 500.

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@raylaurence1 I got my freshly-published copy as a first-year undergraduate. Loved every word

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Rubens' famous 'Daniel wishing he hadn't gone back for his hat' #Lehrmann

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Sawallisch, 1989?

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@MahanEsfahani Certainly has Sachs appeal...

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@evelynwelch2013 Milwaukee Art Museum

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@LisaBeaven @PP_Rubens Probably a theorbo-lute hybrid as in Gerard ter Borch the Younger's painting from a different angle

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Especially from up top

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A grey day but always a magnificent aspect

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Putting the 'Nats' into Summernats a month too late #auspol

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There's bizarre video tonight of Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce lying on a Canberra footpath late at night. @Riley7News has the details on an embarrassing video. https://t.co/5zYfOfGqUb #7NEWS

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@PP_Rubens His sister Cecily. Currently on display at the Queen's Gallery along with others in Holbein's series of sketches of the More family.

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@hugh_canning There's a very fine portrait of Grétry by Elizabeth Vigée Lebrun, though I don't think Berchman made use of it for his ceiling in Liège

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@Baerenreiter 'La rencontre imprévue'

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That reminds me: I must get some buns #Neujahrskonzert2024

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I'm assuming Bradley Cooper has been booked to conduct next year's concert #Neujahrskonzert2024

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I'm going to be very disappointed if this #Neujahrskonzert2024 interval film doesn't end with the two boys foiling the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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@RembrandtsRoom I saw the London version of the exhibition in November: enjoyed it immensely!

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@AkselToll He'd make a good Bond villain, I think