Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Inness On the Delaware
On the Delaware River, George Inness. On Google Art Project, click in lower right of image for zoom controls. Original is in the Brooklyn Museum. Even in his earlier, more realist works, a master of suggestion. See my previous post on George Inness.
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Eye Candy for Today: Young Woman Drawing
Young Woman Drawing by Marie-Denise Villers. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click “Fullscreen” under the image and use zoom or download arrow. See my previous post on Marie-Denise Villers, and here.
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Eye Candy for Today: Frank W. Benson’s Summer
“Summer“, Frank W. Benson. On Google Art Project. Original is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The model for the very human representation of the allegorical figure was likely Benson’s wife, Ellen. I love the variety of color in her face and in the “white” gown.
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Eye Candy for Today: Man Writing a Letter, Gabriel Metsu
Gabriel Metsu (2.6mb image file), from Codart. Original is in the National Gallery of Ireland. It’s astonishing how painterly it appears close up. See my post on Gabriel Metsu.
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Eye Candy for Today: Brullov’s Pompeii
The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Brullov. From the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, on Google Art Project. Click in lower right of image for zoom controls.
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Eye Candy for Today: Interior of the Oude Kerk, De Witte
. On Met Museum. Use Fullscreen link, then zoom or download arrow. Compare to same subject by . There is, shall we say, a bit less respect being shown to the imposing edifice in De Witte’s version (grin).