A twice-a-day Art History tumblog featuring art from the 17th through 19th century. If you have a question, just ask. Please recommend HYD so that more tumblr kids can learn about art history! CLICK. —with endearment, Leafette.Tumblr (3.0; @heckyesdecadence)http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1tdx9gSUb1qc47xeo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Marie-Gabrielle Capet</strong> - <em>Self Portrait</em> (c. 1783)</p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20305903602http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20305903602Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:32:05 -0700capetfrenchartist1700srococoself portraitpaintingoil on canvasportrait of an artistportraitpainterartleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1td7lyHlV1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Gilbert Stuart</strong> - <em>Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis </em>(c. 1809)</p> <p>If you look closely, you’ll see another figure of what looks like a young boy.</p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20299212626http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20299212626Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:40:33 -0700stuartportrait1800samericanpaintingoil on canvasartleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1l0l7BIkP1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Francois Boucher - Young Woman with a Bouquet of Roses ( c. Late 1700s)</p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20184240017http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20184240017Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:31:05 -0700Boucherpaintingfrenchrococoportrait1700sartleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1l0fuJIV41qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>William Gainsborough</strong> - <em>Elizabeth Anne Linley</em> (c. 1775)</p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20130053254http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20130053254Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:31:05 -0700gainsborough1700s1770senglishportraitpaintingartleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1l0aubIf91qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Elisabeth Louis Vigee LeBrun</strong> - <em>Madame d’Aguesseau de Fresnes </em>(c. 1770)</p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20071477974http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20071477974Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:00:05 -0700vigee lebrun1700s1770franceportraitartpaintingrococoleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1l04bqEpU1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Henry Raeburn</strong> - <em>The Allen Brothers  </em>(c. 1792)</p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20053212180http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/20053212180Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:16:59 -0700raeburnscottish1700s1790spaintingartportraitleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgqpws8LYx1qc47xeo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>workshop of <strong>Peter Paul Rubens</strong> -<em> The Three Graces</em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3345546983http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3345546983Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:00:00 -0800rubensnetherlandishmythologygracesladiesscene1600s17th centurypaintingartleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgqplzWGJ81qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Peter Paul Rubens</strong> - <span><em>Portrait of Hélène Fourment</em></span></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3337484664http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3337484664Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:29:59 -0800rubensnetherlandishportraitcourt paintinglady1600s17th centurypaintingartleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgdsiqYZad1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Peter Adolf Hall</strong> -<em> Woman in a White Dress</em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3273226180http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3273226180Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:00:07 -0800hallswedishpaintingrococoportraitladywhite1700s18th centurypaintingartleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgdsf56h1C1qc47xeo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Unknown</strong> -<em> Portrait of Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld</em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3260775119http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3260775119Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:00:06 -0800unknownfrenchportrait1700s18th centuryladybluepaintingartleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgdqgq3d3N1qc47xeo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Eduard Magnes</strong> - <em><span>Portrait of Swedish opera singer Johanna Maria (‘Jenny’) Lind </span></em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3252887691http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3252887691Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:00:06 -0800magnesportraitopera1800s19th centuryfrenchpaintingartleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgdq4nFk4c1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><strong>Giuseppe de Nittis</strong> - <em>A </em></span><em><span>Lady from Naples</span></em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3241426203http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3241426203Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:00:07 -0800de nittisportraitladyvictorianpost-impressionism1800s19th centuryfrenchpaintingartleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgdpyamwok1qc47xeo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Louis Boulanger</strong> -<em> Adele Hugo</em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3234798168http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3234798168Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:00:06 -0800boulangerfrenchportrait1800s19th centuryladypaintingartwhiteblueblackleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9pztw7Tu1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Frederic Leighton</strong> - <em>Light of the Harem</em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3224130076http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3224130076Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:00:06 -0800leightonpre-raphaeliteenglish1800s19th centurypaintingartharemladyscenegirlmirroryellowleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9ptelLT81qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Arthur Hughes</strong> - <em>The Lady of Shalott</em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3217148416http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3217148416Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:00:06 -0800hugheslady of shalottenglishscenemythpaintingart1800s19th centuryleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9pol61kC1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span><strong>Henry Meynell Rheam</strong> - <em>Once Upon a Time</em></span></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3206647619http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3206647619Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:00:07 -0800rheamfairytalesceneladydwarvespre-raphaelitewatercolorart1800s19th centuryleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9pk47gSE1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Thomas Seddon</strong> - <em><span>Dromedary and Arabs at the City of the Dead, Cairo, with the Tomb of Sultan El Barkook in the Background</span></em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3199599455http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3199599455Wed, 09 Feb 2011 08:00:07 -0800seddonscenevictorianegyptcamelenglish1800s19th centurypaintingartleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9pf7E0NK1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>John Everett Millais</strong> - <span><em>Pizarro seizing the Inca of Peru</em> </span></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3188840995http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3188840995Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:00:06 -0800millaishistoricfrench1800s19th centuryscenepaintingartleafette<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9p4depAR1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Albert von Keller</strong> - <em><span>Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna of Russia, née Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine</span></em></p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3181990418http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3181990418Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:00:07 -0800von kellergermanportraitroyalty1800s19th centurypaintingartleafette<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg9p0iTfmL1qc47xeo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Albert von Keller - Chopin</p>http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3171234260http://heckyesdecadence.tumblr.com/post/3171234260Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:00:07 -0800von Kellerchopinpianoladiesscenepaintingart1800s19th centurygermanleafette