22 January 2026

Efeméride. (On This Day...)

22 de Janeiro, 1797.
Feliz aniversário, Imperatriz Maria Leopoldina de Áustria, Brasil e Algarve!
22nd January, 1797.
Happy birthday, Empress Maria Leopoldina of Austria,  Brazil and Algarve!

. Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine

. Et lux perpetua luceat ei:

. Requiescat in pace.

. Amen.

21 January 2026

Jane Russel (1921-2011).








Efeméride. (On This Day...)

 
Estado de São Paulo, Julho 16, 1899.
Estado de São Paulo, July 16, 1899.
Today, at 9 o’clock in the morning, at the College of the Sisters of St. Joseph, in Sant’Ana, an experiment in wireless telephony will be carried out, using apparatus invented by the Reverend Father Landell de Moura.
The experiment will concern aerial and subterranean telephony.
Father Landell de Moura, who has invited various authorities, men of science, and representatives of the press to this event, will deliver a lecture before proceeding with the experiments of his invention. 

21 de Janeiro, 1861.
Feliz aniversário, Pe. Landell de Moura!
21st January, 1861.
Happy birthday, Fr. Landell de Moura!

. Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine

. Et lux perpetua luceat ei:

. Requiescat in pace.

. Amen.

20 January 2026

Nossa Senhora no Oriente. (Our Lady in the Far East.)


China - ca. 1935.

Japão.
Japan.

Japão.
Japan.

Japão.
Japan.

Japão.
Japan.

Japão.
Japan.

Efeméride. (On This Day...)

 20 de Janeiro, 1916.

Feliz aniversário, Chacrinha!
20th January, 1916.
Happy birthday, Chacrinha!
 

. Requiem æternam dona ei, Domine

. Et lux perpetua luceat ei:

. Requiescat in pace.

. Amen.

19 January 2026

Joseph Christian Leyendecker (1874–1951) - II

Collier's — Janeiro 19, 1907.
Collier's — January 19, 1907.

estudo - ca. 1910.
study — ca. 1910.

estudo - ca. 1910.
study — ca. 1910.

Saturday Evening Post — Outubro 27, 1923.
Saturday Evening Post — October 27, 1923.

American Weekly — Novembro 24, 1946.
American Weekly — November 24, 1946.

American Weekly — Novembro 21, 1948.
American Weekly — November 21, 1948.


17 January 2026

Cenas Bíblicas - XXV. (Biblical Scenes - XXV).


Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (ca. 1550-1608).
Tobias e o Arcanjo Rafael.
Tobias and the Arcangel Raphael.

Gerard Douffet (1594-ca. 1660).
A Prisão do Cristo com o Episódio de Malco - ca. 1620.
The Taking of Christ with the Malchus Episode - ca. 1620. 

Georges Lallemant (ca. 1570-1636).
A Adoração dos Magos - ca. 1621. 
The Adoration of the Magi - ca. 1621.

Giacinto Brandi (1621-1691).
A Embriaguez de Noé.
The Drunkenness of Noah.

Giocondo Viglioli.
O Bom Samaritano - 1835.
The Good Samaritan - 1835.

George Lawrence Bulleid (1858-1933).
A Anunciação - 1903.
The Annunciation - 1903.

16 January 2026

James em Opar. (James in Opar.)

J. Allen St. John (1872-1957).
"Tarzan e as Jóias de Opar" de Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1918.
"Tarzan and the jewels of Opar" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1918.
 








 

15 January 2026

Mitologias Grega e Romana - VI (Greek and Roman Mythology - VI)

Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael (1566–1638).
A Guerra Entre os Deuses e os Titãs - ca. 1600.
The Battle Between the Gods and the Titans - ca. 1600.

Johann Liss  (ca. 1595–ca. 1630).
Amor - ca. 1630.

Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688).
Laemedonte Recusando Pagamento a Posseidão e Apolo.
Laemedon Refusing Payment to Poseidon and Apollo.

Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752).
Pan e Sirinx - ca. 1723.
Pan and Syrinx - ca. 1723.

Jean-Charles Nicaise Perrin (1754-1831).
Enéias Curado de Seus Ferimentos - 1787.
Aeneas Cured of his Wounds - 1787.

Jean-Jacques Lagrenée (1739-1821).
Helena a Reconhecer Telêmaco, Filho de Odisseu - 1795.
Helen Recognizing Telemachus, Son of Odysseus - 1795.