Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Carlo Ferrario pencil drawing
A Natural Stone Arch Beside the Sea, Carlo Ferrario Pencil on paper; roughly 8 x 12 inches (21 x 31 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. 19th century artist Carlo Ferrario is known for his drawings for the designs of operatic stage sets. This drawing is a natural scene, possibly…
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Eye Candy for Today: Abraham Bloemaert’s flute player
The Flute Player, Abraham Bloemaert Roughly 23 x 27 inches (58 x 69 cm), link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Centraal Museum, Utrecht. In a composition somewhat similar to those of his contemporary Georges de La Tour, 17th century Dutch painter Abraham Bloemaert…
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Eye Candy for Today: Isaac Levitan Crimean landscape
In the Crimean Mountains, Isaac Ilich Levitan Oil on canvas, roughly 26 x 14 inches (68 x 36 cm); in the collection of the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. This stunning rocky landscape is part of the superb collection of works in the Tretyakov Gallery by 19th century Russian landscape master Isaac (Isaak) Ilich Levitan. Here, Levitan…
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Eye Candy for Today: Bernardo Bellotto capriccio
Capriccio with a River and Bridge, Bernard Bellotto Oil on canvas, roughly 19 x 29 inches (48 x 73 cm); in the collection of the Museo National Thyssen-Bornemisza. Click on the links to zoom or download the image on the museum’s site. Bernardo Bellotto was Canaletto’s nephew, as well as his premiere student. This image…
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Eye Candy for Today: Van Gogh pen & watercolor sketches
Gate at the Paris Ramparts, Entrance to the Moulin de la Galette, Vincent van Gogh Pencil, pen & ink, watercolor & gouache on paper, roughly 9 x 12″ (24 x 32 cm) and 12 x 9″ (31 x 24 cm), respectively. As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts on “Not the usual Van Goghs“, in…
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Eye Candy for Today: Portrait of Princess Belozersky, Élisabeth Vigée-Le Brun
Portrait of Princess Belozersky, Élisabeth Vigée-LeBrun In the collection of The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; full image here. There is also a zoomable version on the Google Art Project that goes a bit more high resolution. Another beautiful portrait by the brilliant 18th century French painter Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Le Brun.…