Literature Pick #97

The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales, to the World in the Moon
by Bishop Francis Godwin (1562–1633)
First published in 1638 with the title The Man in the Moone: or the Discovrse of a Voyage thither by Domingo Gonsales, this brilliant story is one of the earliest works of science fiction in the English language.

Ludolf Bakhuizen paintings

The Shipwreck
by Ludolf Bakhuizen (1631-1708)
Oil on Panel, 35.4" x 48"
The artist was born in Emden, East Frisia, Germany

Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
1695, oil on canvas, 23" x 28.5"

Seascape with Dutch flagged three masted ship
oil on canvas, 29.5" x 35.4"

Marine

Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot painting

Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld
by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875)
1861, oil on canvas, 44.2" x 54"
French artist, born in Paris

Literature Pick #96

Joseph: A Story
by Katherine Rickford
A magnificent short story from Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories.

Edmund von Wörndle painting

Romantic Landscape in the Evening Light
by Edmund von Wörndle (1827-1906)
1859, oil on canvas, 25" x 37.6"
Austrian Romantic landscape painter, born in Vienna.

Aelbert Cuyp painting

River Scene
by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691)
mid-17th century, oil on panel, 15.9" x 21.7"
Dutch landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age, born in Dordrecht.

Lucas van Uden paintings

Alpine Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on oak panel, 16.5" x 28"
Van Uden (1595-1672) was a Flemish artist, born in Antwerp.

River Landscape
by Lucas van Uden
oil on copper, 10.6" x 15.7"

Winter Landscape with Hunters
by Lucas van Uden
oil on canvas, 16.1" x 26"

Literature Pick #95

The Story of Ming-Y
by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904)

From the 1887 short story collection Some Chinese Ghosts, this is a beautiful and haunting tale, based on a story from the 13th century book, Kin-Kou-Ki-Koan.

Ceramano painting

A Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau
by Charles-Ferdinand Sermain (1831-1909), better known as Ceramano
circa 1879, 78.7" x 65.1"
Belgian painter of the Barbizon school. He was born in Tielt in the province of West Flanders.

Gillis Neyts painting

An Italianate Landscape with Travelers on a Path by a Ruin
by Gillis Neyts (1623-1687)
1680, oil on canvas, 22.5" x 32.8"
Flemish landscape artist

Paintings of Jacob van Strij

Milking Time
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1815, Oil on Panel, 28.7" x 38"

Van Strij was a Dutch painter, born in the city of Dordt in the Dutch Republic.

Landscape with Peasants and their Cattle, and Anglers on the Water
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1810, Oil on Panel, 27.2" x 35.8"

John Robert Cozens painting

Cetara on the Gulf of Salerno
by John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
1790, watercolor over graphite, 14.5" × 20.7"
Cozens was born in London, England.

Rococo art

Departure for Boat Ride
by an unknown French artist
18th century, Oil on Canvas, 15.0" x 21.7"

Arnold Lyongrün painting

Spring in the high Black Forest
by Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935)
1910, oil painting
Lyongrün was a German painter and Art Nouveau designer; he was born in Domnau, East Prussia.

Literature Pick #94

The Adventures of Alphonso and Marina: An Interesting Spanish Tale
by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)
A wonderful tale of romance and adventure; serialized in the April 19, April 26, and May 3, 1797 issues of The New-York Weekly Magazine.