Category: Eye Candy for Today

Still Life with Limes, Oranges, Acerola and Watermelon, Luis Egidio Meléndez Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Just another amazing still life by 18th century Spanish master Luis Egidio Meléndez. As is often the case, his superb command of value and texture steals the show. See my previous…

The Young Eastern Woman, Friedrich von Amerling Link is to Wikimedia Commons, which has a nicely high-resolution version of the image; original is in the Cleveland Museum of Art. 19th century Austrian painter Friederich von Amerling was known for his refined portraits, which many compare to those of Ingres. In this example, likely intended as…

Sunrise, George Inness In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the Download or Enlarge links under the image. Don’t take my limited detail crops above as your only view of the painting; go the Met’s site and view the image full screen. There are lots of paintings that shout at the viewer,…

Invocation, Frederic Leighton Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in a private collection. Like the remarkable figure of Perseus in his interpretation of the mythological story of Perseus and Andromeda, Leighton here manages to render the figure as both solid and etherial. This is partly accomplished with solid draftsmanship, and partly with his superb…