Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Ambrogio Lorenzetti painting

Rofeno Abbey Poliptych. Saint Michael the Archangel slaying the Dragon between Saints Bartholomew and Benedict; Madonna with Child, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Ludwig of Tolouse (in the cusps)
by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c. 1290 – June 9, 1348)
1330 - 1335, Tempera on Panel, 10.16" x 9.06"
Italian painter of the Sienese School

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Literature Pick #93

The Ideal
by Stanley G. Weinbaum
A wonderful science fiction short story from the September 1935 issue of Wonder Stories.

Friday, June 19, 2015

Daniël Vosmaer painting

A View of Delft through an Imaginary Loggia
by Daniël Vosmaer
1663, Oil on Canvas, 35.8" x 44.5"
Vosmaer was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Delft.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Elias Galli painting

Representation of the Old Stock Exchange and Scale
by Elias Galli (the Elder)
circa 1680
German painter from Hamburg

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam painting

The Old Town Hall of Amsterdam
by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597-1665)
1657, Oil on Panel, 25.8" x 33.3"
Saenredam was a Dutch Golden Age painter, from Assendelft.

Friday, June 12, 2015

Maritime painting

Embarkation of a Boat at the Harbor Wall
by a monogrammist CT
1848, oil on canvas, 16.5" x 22.4"


Thursday, June 4, 2015

Jacob van Ruisdael painting

A Waterfall in a Rocky Landscape
by Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1629-1682)
Oil on canvas laid down on panel, 26" x 20.5"
Dutch Golden Age landscape painter, from Haarlem