10 December

Born in 1654 – Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter.

Above: The Penitent Magdalen, date unknown

Also, born in 1824, Scottish poet and writer George MacDonald, who said:

Beauty and sadness always go together.

and

Trust to God to weave your thread into the great web, though the pattern shows it not yet.

Previously on December 10, Adriaen van Ostade & MacDonald.