Category: Eye Candy for Today

Bunch of Grapes, Andrew Way In the Walters Art Museum. Use “Explore Object” line in upper left of image for zoomable version, or Download link to right. Image can also be viewed in a zoomable version on Google Art Project. I haven’t seen the original, but my instincts tell me this image may be overly…

Autumn, Poplars, Eragny; Camille Pissarro Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Denver Art Museum which also has a zoomable version (and, oddly, has another, somewhat different looking version of the image). This is Pissarro at the height of his classically Impressionist style. The…

At the Window, Winslow Homer Link is to zoomable file on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Princeton University Art Museum, which has background on the painting on their website. Almost like a 17th century Dutch portrait, this much more casual image of a young woman at a window…

Lesbia and Her Sparrow, Sir Edward John Poynter Link is to downloadable high-res file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in a private collection; information on the painting can be found in the Bonham’s auction page for its last sale. The painting is a reference to accounts by the Roman poet Gaius Valerius Catullus of his…

Still Life with Apples, Grapes, Melons, Bread, Jug and Bottle, Luis Meléndez Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museu Nacional D’Arte De Catalunya. Here is another beautiful still life by 17th century Spanish master Luis Egidio Meléndez. I’m particularly fascinated in this arrangement…

Winding the Skein, Lord Frederic Leighton Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Art Gallery of New South Wales. I think the Google Art Project version — and the downloadable version of that file on Wikimedia Commons — are too warm and saturated. The…