Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres portrait
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…
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Eye Candy for Today: Winter View by Charles Leickert
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.
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Eye Candy for Today: Corot landscape
Ville-d’Avray by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot. In the Frick Collection. Click on the image on the main page for the zoomable version.
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Eye Candy for Today: Ingres graphite portrait
Portrait of Mme Adolphe-Marcellin Defresne, née Sophie Leroy, graphite drawing by Jean-Aguste-Dominique Ingres. I love how casual the rest of the drawing seems compared to the carefully rendered face. From the Morgan Library and Museum. More here. Use the controls under the image for Zoom and Full Screen.
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Eye Candy for Today: Rijckaert
Landscape with Satyrs, attributed to Marten Rijckaert. In the National Gallery, London. Use controls at right of image to launch full screen viewer and zoom in.