Category: Eye Candy for Today

The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, Georges de La Tour. On Google Art Project. Original is in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Snake Charmer at Tangier, Africa by Louis Comfort Tiffany. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yes, that Tiffany. Many who admire his designs and stained glass aren’t aware of his work as a painter. See my previous posts (listed below).

From Book of Hours by Master Jean de Mauléon. This is a book illumination. The original is approximately 7 x 4″ (17 x 10 cm). In the Walters Art Museum. Click “Download Image” for full size.

Lachrymae by Frederic, Lord Leighton. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on “Fullscreen” under then image, then use zoom or download arrow. There is an image of the painting in the ornate, portal-like frame Leighton chose for it here. “Lachrymae” is latin for “tears”.

En plein soleil by James Jacques Joseph Tissot. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use “Fullscreen” link under image and then zoom or Download arrow.