Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Moritz Daniel Oppenheim portrait
Marriage Portrait of Charlotte de Rothschild, Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable version on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. This beautiful portrait by 19th century German painter Moritz Daniel Oppenheim is deliberately in the mold of Renaissaince portraits in many respects, but with a…
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Eye Candy for Today: Samuel Palmer watercolor of cypress trees
The Cypresses at the Villa d’Este, Tivoli, Samuel Palmer Original is in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art, which has both a zoomable and downloadable file on their site. You can also find a zoomable version on the Google Art Project and a downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons. You can see —…
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Eye Candy for Today: Leonardo’s portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci
Ginevra de’ Benci, Leonardo da Vinci The link is to the page for the painting on the NGA site, which has a zoomable version as well as offering a link to a downloadable files, though you need to sign up for a free account to download the highest resolution version. There is also a zoomable…
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Eye Candy for Today: Fortuny’s Print Collector
The Print Collector, Maria Fortuny Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya. One of those wonderful 19th interior paintings that in addition to figures, also includes a series of still life subjects as well as a representation of other artworks.
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Eye Candy for Today: J.C. Schotel chalk drawing
Seated Woman Watching a Cradle, J. C. (Johannes Christianus) Schotel Black chalk on paper, roughly 11 x 10 inches (27 x 25 cm); original is in the Morgan Library and Museum, NY. There is a soft delicate feeling in both the rendering and quality of light in this drawing by the 19th century Dutch artist,…
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Eye Candy for Today: Clausell’s Burgeoning Springs in Autumn
Burgeoning Springs in Autumn, Joaquin Clausell Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable version on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Museo Nacional de Arte. Joaquin Clausell was a Mexican artist who lived and worked in Paris during the time the French Impressionists were active. In this early Autumn scene, he shows…