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

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.