Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Hans Memling double portrait
Tommaso di Folco Portinari; Maria Portinari (Maria Maddalena Baroncelli), Hans Memling, oil on wood, roughly 17 x 13″ (42 x 32 cm), respectively. These remarkable portraits by the noted 15th century Flemish painter are stunning examples of Northern Renaissance oil painting. The Met’s page for the paintings indicates they were originally part of a triptych,…
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Eye Candy for Today: River Gnilitsa by Vladimir Orlovsky
River Gnilitsa, Vladimir Orlovsky; oil on canvas, roughly 37 x 61″ (95 x 155cm). Link is to 2012 Bonham’s auction (with zoomable image). I assume the present location is a private collection. There is a reasonably large downloadable image here on Art Market Monitor. Ukrainian painter Vladimir Orlovsky, who I featured recently as well as…
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Eye Candy for Today: Jan Bogaerts still life
Still life with a green strainer, Jan Bogaerts Link is to sold listing on Simonis & Buunk gallery, which has a zoomable version of the image. Early 20th century Dutch painter Jan Bogaerts has a marvelous touch for portraying the surface textures of his still life objects. At times his deftly handled light and the…
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Eye Candy for Today: Dean Cornwell untitled illustration
This painting by the fantastic American Illustrator Dean Cornwell is in the collection of the South Dakota Art Museum. The museum doesn’t have a title or source reference for where the painting was used as an illustration (if it was published), but the painting is wonderful nonetheless. I haven’t see the original, but I’ve taken…
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Eye Candy for Today: Winslow Homer watercolor & gouache
Fresh Eggs, Winslow Homer; watercolor and gouache on paper; roughly 9 x 8 inches (24 x 19 cm). Original is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC, which has both zoomable and downloadable images on their site. In this simple, unassuming study of a commonplace chore, Homer shows us the ability of…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt pen drawing along the Amstel River
A bend in the River Amstel near Kostverloren House, Rembrandt van Rijn; pen and brown ink with brown and grey washes, heightened with white bodycolour on oatmeal paper; roughly 5 x 10″ (14 x 25 cm). Original is in the collection of the Chatsworth Estate. It would be easy to glance at a drawing like…