Sunday, October 30, 2016

Antonietta Brandeis painting

Porta della Carta
by Antonietta Brandeis (1849–1910)
1886, oil on cardboard, 13.6" × 9.4"

Monday, October 24, 2016

Literature Pick #103

The New Catacomb
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A masterful short story, first published in 1898, and included here in the 1922 short story collection, Tales of Terror and Mystery.

Saturday, October 22, 2016

Michele Marieschi painting

Rialto Bridge in Venice
by Michele Marieschi (1710-1744)
1740s, oil on canvas transferred from wood, 51.2" x 77.2"
Marieschi was born in Venice

Monday, October 17, 2016

Friedrich Nerly painting

Piazzetta San Marco in the Moonlight
by Friedrich Nerly (1807–1878)
Oil on cardboard, 20" x 17"
Nerly was a German painter of the Romantic era; he was born in Erfurt, Germany.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Dominic M. Serres painting

Figures on a Bridge
by Dominic M. Serres (1761-after 1804)
1798, watercolor, 15" × 22.2"