Category: Eye Candy for Today

View in the Bentheim Forest, George Andries Roth Link is to original in the Rijksmusem, which has both zoomable and downloadable versions (with free Rijksstudio account); additional downloadable version on Wikimedia Commons. In this wonderful 19th century landscape, a shaft of late afternoon light slices through a break in a German forest, illuminating some objects,…

The Broken Vessel (La Cruche cassée), Jean-Baptiste Greuze Link is to downloadble large file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Louvre. Though the actual meaning is open to interpretation, the general assumption is that the allegorical subject suggested by the gathered flower petals and broken vase is one of lost innocence and defloration. Greuze…

Flowers in a White Vase, Osman Hamdi Bey Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Sakıp Sabancı Museum. European-trained Turkish painter Osman Hamdi Bey — who was active in the late 19th and early 20th century — gives us a delicately realized still life…

Roman Fish Market. Arch of Octavius, Albert Bierstadt Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the de Young Museum. Though known primarily for his dramatic landscapes of the American west, 19th century painter Albert Bierstadt also painted other subjects, particularly early in his career. Here…

Portrait of a Girl in a Garden, George Moreland Link is to the Yale Center for British Art, which has the original in its collection. Their page for the painting offers both zoomable and downloadable versions. There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project, and a downloadable one on Wikimedia Commons. I’m not…