Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Waterhouse’s Gossip
Gossip, John William Waterhouse; oil on canvas, roughly 28 x 36 inches (72 x 93 cm). Link is to image page on Wikipedia; image is via a previous Christie’s auction; the painting is now in a private collection. English post-Pre-Raphaelite (if that makes any sense) John William Waterhouse — whose usual metier was dramatic mythological…
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Eye Candy for Today: Louise Jopling domestic scene
Blue and White, Louise Jopling, oil on canvas, roughly 49 x 34 inches (123 x 86 cm). Link is to Wikimedia Commons; the page indicates the original is in the Liverpool Museums, but I can’t find mention of it on their site. Louise Jopling was a Victorian era painter and apparently well known, though I…
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Eye Candy for Today: Leonardo metalpoint drawing
Study of a woman’s hands, Leonardo da Vinci; black chalk and metalpoint on paper, roughly 8 x 6 inches (21 x 15 cm). Original is in the Royal Collection Trust in the UK; their website has both zoomable and downloadable versions of the image. There is also a version on Wikimedia Commons. The drawing is…
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Eye Candy for Today: Holman Hunt’s The Scapegoat
The Scapegoat, Willaim Holman Hunt; oil on canvas; roughly 34 x 55 inches (86 x 140cm). Link is to image file on Wikipedia, original is in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool. From the Bible: book of Leviticus, which is where we get the general concept as we use the term today. For…
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Eye Candy for Today: Francois Bouçher chalk drawing
Male Nude, Francois Bouçher; red chalk over black chalk on paper; roughly 20 x 13 inches ( 50 x 33 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. There are both zoomable and downloadable imges on their site. 18th century French artist Francois Bouçher, who is more commonly noted for his Rococo…
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Eye Candy for Today: Eugen von Blaas genre painting
The Italian seamstress, Eugen von Blaas; oil on canvas; roughly 16 x 12 in. (50 x 32 cm). Link is to page on Wikimedia Commons from which there is link to a large image. The image was originally sourced from a Bonham’s past auction, so I assume the painting is now in a private collection.…