Caspar van Wittel painting

Piazza Navona, Rome
by Caspar van Wittel (1653-1736)
1699, oil on canvas, 37.99" x 85.04"
Van Wittel was a Dutch artist, he was born in Amersfoort.

Isaac Sailmaker painting

The Island of Barbados
by Isaac Sailmaker (circa 1633–1721)
circa 1694, oil on canvas, 44.49" x 90.98"
Sailmaker was a Dutch artist

Josef Rebell painting

The Arch of Foggia
by Josef Rebell (1787-1828)
Rebell was an Austrian landscape painter, he was born in Vienna.

Carl Jutz painting

A Watchful Eye
by Carl Jutz (1838–1916)
oil on wood, 5.12" x 6.5"
Jutz was born in Offenburg, Germany

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre painting

Great Tijuca Waterfall
by Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre (1806–1879)
1833, oil on canvas, 25.6" × 32"
Porto-Alegre was a Romantic artist, he was born in Rio Pardo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Ascanio Luciani painting

Portico with Loggia by the Sea, with Boats and Figures
by Ascanio Luciani (1621–1706)
mid-1640’s, oil on canvas, (37.8" × 48.4")
Luciani was a Baroque era painter, he was born in Naples.

Literature Pick #109

Christmas Eve On Lonesome

by John Fox, Jr. (1862–1919)

A splendid short story from the 1904 book Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories.

Jacob de Backer painting

The Nativity
by Jacob de Backer (c. 1555 – c. 1585)
Second half of 16th century, oil on panel, 42.5" x 35.8"
De Backer was a Flemish Mannerist painter and draughtsman.

Literature Pick #108

The Devil's Asteroid
by Manly Wade Wellman (1903-1986)
An action-packed science fiction short story from the July 1941 issue of Comet.

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg painting

The Marble Steps leading up to the Church of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome
by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783–1853)
circa 1816
Eckersberg was a Danish painter, he was born in the Duchy of Schleswig.

Georges Clairin painting

On the Balcony
by Georges Clairin (1843–1919)
circa 1910, oil on canvas, 43.6" × 37.4"
Clairin was a French Orientalist painter and illustrator.

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