Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Anna Alma-Tadema watercolor
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema’s Library in Townshend House, London, Anna Alma-Tadema. On Google Cultural Institute: Art Project. Also available on Wikimedia Commons. Watercolor, gouache, pen and ink, graphite on white paper. The original is in the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Until I came across this piece on the Google Art Project, I didn’t even realize…
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Eye Candy for Today: Jan Roos still life
Still Life with Fruit and Vegetables, Jan Roos On Google Cultural Institute: Art Project. Also on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Musei di Strada Nuova.
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Eye Candy for Today: Mønsted forest scene
A forest near Ilsenburg in the Harz, Germany, Peder Mørk Mønsted. On Wikimedia Commons. I don't know the location of the original. See my previous post on Peder Mørk Mønsted.
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Eye Candy for Today: Feeding the Dog, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Feeding the Dog, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Chalk on paper, highlighted with white. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Eye Candy for Today: Jean-Baptiste Greuze ink and wash drawing
Madame Greuze on a chaise lounge with her dog, Jean-Baptiste Greuze Rijksmuseum, ink and wash over chalk on paper, 13×18″ (34x47cm) In this seemingly casual but beautifully realized drawing of his wife relaxing with her dog, Greuze achieves a subtle portrayal of light and form — a reminder of the surprising versatility of the humble…
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Eye Candy for Today: Van Dyck's Marchesa Balbi
Marchesa Balbi, Sir Anthony van Dyck On the Google Cultural Institute: Art Project. Also available on Wikimedia Commons. The original is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. I’m not always fond of Van Dyck’s more stylized poses, but here, in a reserved, classical portrait of a member of the Geonese aristocracy, Van…