Happy Birthday! : Francesco Albani

Francesco Albani (17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660), was an Italian Baroque painter and fresco artist.
I just love the way he painted the little cherubs!

Francesco Albani
Holy Family  1630-1635
Uffizi Gallery

Happy Birthday - Francesco Zuccarelli: The Little Pumpkin

Francesco Zuccarelli (8/15/1702 – 12/30/1788) was an Italian landscape painter, who travelled to England and enjoyed great success there as a critically acclaimed artist. His name means "little pumpkin," and he sometimes signed his work with a pumpkin-like marking.

Francesco Zuccarelli
Landscape, before 1788