Category: Eye Candy for Today

Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror; Francesco Mazzola, called Parmigianino Oil on curved wooden panel, roughly 9 inches (24 cm) in diameter (without frame). Link is to zoomable version on the Google Art Project; there is a downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; the original is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, which also has both zoomable and…

Still Life with Ewer, Vessels and Pomegranate, Willem Kalf Link is to the original in the Getty Museum, which has both zoomable and downloadable versions. There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project, and a downloadable version of that file on Wikimedia Commons. I have not had the pleasure of seeing the original…

Young Lady with Drawing Utensils, Carl Christian Vogel von Vogelstein Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Though it has the deliberate composition and appearance of a Renaissance portrait, this painting by the German portraitist drew on all his 19th century…

The Festival of St Swithin (The Dovecot), William Holman Hunt Link is to a larger version on The Athenaeum, original is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The version on the Ashmolean site is likely more accurate, I’ve lightened the slightly larger version from the Athenaeum to match it in value. I usually like to have…