Category: Eye Candy for Today

Still Life with Cheeses, Floris van Dijck (82x111cm, 1615-1620). Just the tablecloth is amazing. From the Rijksmusum. Click on “Extra large view” under the image.

Waterfall at Terni, by Camille Corot. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click on “Fullscreen” and zoom or download..

Following up on my recent Eye Candy post about an Ingres graphite portrait, I couldn’t help but think of this well known and beautiful portrait painting. Comtesse d’Haussonville, by Jean-August-Dominique Ingres, on Google Art Project. Use controls at lower right to zoom in. Note the way he has carefully handled the reflection of the back…

If you’re on the east coast of the U.S. it’s a little warm today. Cool off with “Winter View” by 19th century Dutch artist Charles Leickert. From this past exhibit at Rijksmuseum.

Ville-d’Avray by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. In the Frick Collection. Click on the image on the main page for the zoomable version.