Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Peter Lely trois crayon portrait
Portrait of a Lady, Peter Lely Black, red, and white chalk, on gray laid paper; roughly 9 1/2 x 8 inches (24 x 19 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. Peter Lely, known for his sumptuous and sometimes erotic portraits of royals, nobles and courtiers in the 17th century court…
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Eye Candy for Today: Rembrandt riverfront drawing
View over the Amstel from the Rampart, Rembrandt van Rijn Brown ink and wash, roughly 3 1/2 x 7 inches (9 x 18 cm); in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, DC. Though a number of Rembrandt’s drawings, particularly those of figures or religious scenes, can be identified as preliminary to particular paintings…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Wyld watercolor
St. Mark’s Square, Venice, with Loggetta; William Wyld Watercolor and ink, roughly 10 x 7 inches (25 x 18 cm); in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the Download or Enlarge links under the image on their page. I love this beautiful ink and watercolor rendering, not just for its wonderful combination…
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Eye Candy for Today: Ignacio Zuloaga portrait
Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles (Anna Elisabeth de Brancovan), Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta Link is to page with high resolution image on Wikimedia Commons. Original is in the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Spanish painter Ignacio Zuloaga, who was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, brings together the traditions of Spanish…
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Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn portrait of Freida Schiff
Frieda Schiff, Anders Zorn In the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Given the relatively weak greens in the curtain and background, I suppose it’s possible this was painted with Zorn’s famously eponymous palette. The “Zorn Palette”, with which the Swedish artist is presumed to have painted many (though certainly not all) of his…
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Eye Candy for Today: Carlo Crivelli’s Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene, Carlo Crivelli Tempera on panel, 60 x 19 inches (152 x 49 cm), in the collection of the Rijksmuseum. This beautifully realized late Gothic work (painted in 1480) is as much decorative object as it is representational image. I love how stylized it is, from the intricately rendered strands of hair to the…