Literature Pick #107

The Medici Boots
by Pearl Norton Swet
A horror short story from the August-September 1936 issue of Weird Tales.

Paul Sandby painting

Bridgenorth, Shropshire
by Paul Sandby (1731-1809)
circa 1801, 38.62" x 47.24"
Sandby was an English landscape painter, he was born in Nottingham.

Literature Pick #106

Clarimonde
by Théophile Gautier (1811-1872)
A fantastic horror tale, first published in La Chronique de Paris in 1836, and here translated by Lafcadio Hearn.

Emanuel Leutze painting

Columbus before the Queen
by Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868)
1843, oil on canvas, 38" × 50"
Leutze was born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg, Germany

Carlos Schwabe painting

Evening Bells
by Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926)
1891
Schwabe was a Symbolist painter and printmaker.

Jan Weenix painting

Park with Country House
by Jan Weenix
Oil on canvas, 121.3" x 86.6"
Weenix was a Dutch painter

Carl Rudolf Huber painting

Before the Ride
by Carl Rudolf Huber (1839–1896)
1866, oil on canvas, 24.8" × 35.2"
Huber was born in Walpersbach, Austria

Gustav Schönleber painting

Lot in the Old Town of Esslingen with the Two Towers of the Stadtkirche in the Background
by Gustav Schönleber (1851–1917)
1880, oil on canvas, 48.8" x 38.2"
Schönleber was a German landscape artist, he was born in Bietigheim.

Franz Xaver von Pausinger painting

Deer in a Sunny Glade
by Franz Xaver von Pausinger
1880, oil on canvas, 27.8" x 29.7"
Pausinger was an Austrian artist.

Paul Merwart painting

Improvisation - Pianist
by Paul Merwart (1855–1902)
1889

Constantin Hansen painting

The Temple of Ceres at Paestum
by Constantin Hansen (1804–1880)
1841, oil on canvas, 22.8" × 24"
Hansen was a Danish Golden Age painter.

Christian Friedrich Mali painting

Resting Sheep Herd in Front of the House at Bergsee
by Christian Friedrich Mali (1832-1906)
1885, oil on canvas, 32.3" × 28.5"

Jacob Jordaens painting

The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa
by Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678)
circa 1640, oil on canvas
Jordaens was a Flemish Baroque painter, he was born in Antwerp.

Marcin Zaleski painting

Feast of Jordan
by Marcin Zaleski (1796–1877)
1836
Zaleski was a Polish artist, he was born in Kraków.

Isaac Levitan painting

Above the Eternal Tranquility
by Isaac Levitan (1860–1900)
1894
Levitan was born in Kibarty, Augustów Governorate, Congress Poland, Russian Empire (in present-day Lithuania).