Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Piero di Cosimo’s Andromeda freed by Perseus
Andromeda fred by Perseus, Piero di Cosimo The link is to a version on Wikimedia Commons (note that the high-resolution file linked form that page is almost 30mb). There is also a zoomable version on Google Art Project. the original is in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, but I can’t find an image on the official…
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Eye Candy for Today: Johannes Bosboom church interior
Southern aisle of the Great Church at The Hague, Johannes Bosboom In the Rijksmuseum; downloadable image also on Wikimedia Commons. The credits say “pencil, chalk and brush”, but it certainly looks like some watercolor to me. This is one of those drawing/painting combinations that is simultaneously loose and precise. There is also a beautifully subtle…
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Eye Candy for Today: Anders Zorn’s The Girl from Älvdalen
The Girl from Älvdalen, Anders Zorn Link is to Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Another fine example of Zorn’s beautifully economical and richly painterly style. I love the way the water is so briefly notated, and yet feels so naturalistic.
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Eye Candy for Today: Jan Davidsz de Heem still life
Mesa (Table), Jan Davidsz de Heem Link is to page on Wikimedia Commons, from which you can access the high-resolution file. Original is in the Prado, Madrid, but I don’t think they have an image on their website. The intricate surface of the decorative metal is of course the star here, but I also love…
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Eye Candy for Today: Thomas Wilmer Dewing silverpoint portrait
Portrait of a Woman, Thomas Wilmer Dewing In the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Use the zoom or download icons under the image. Original sheet is roughly 22 x 19 in. (57 x 48 cm). The portrait is drawn in silverpoint, the most prevalent of the variations of metalpoint drawing. The artist draws with a thin…
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Eye Candy for Today: William Logsdail’s St Martin in the Fields
St Martin in the Fields, William Logsdail Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Tate Britain. I love the atmosphere in this painting of London’s Trafalgar Square by Victorian painter William Logsdail — the wetness of the stone, the textures of fabrics, and the…