Pieter Neefs I painting

Interior of a Church
by Pieter Neefs I (circa 1578 – after 1656)
Oil on Copper
Flemish Baroque Painter

Literature Pick #62

The Black Tide
by Arthur G. Stangland
A marvelous science fiction short story from the March 1953 issue of If: Worlds of Science Fiction.

Pierre Patel painting

Landscape with Ruins
by Pierre Patel (1605-1676)
oil on canvas, 23.2" x 33.7"
Landscape painter from Picardy, France

Literature Pick #61

The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion
by Edgar Allan Poe
A masterful apocalyptic tale first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine.

Giovanni Bellini painting

St. Francis in Ecstasy
by Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516)
Between 1480-1485, oil on panel, 47.2" x 53.9"
Italian Renaissance painter from Venice

Literature Pick #60

The Fairy of the Lake
by M. Sadoveanu

This is a beautiful, haunting tale from the short story collection Roumanian Stories translated by Lucy Byng.

Philipp Peter Roos painting

Landscape with Grotto
by Philipp Peter Roos (1655-1706)
Late 17th century, Oil on Canvas, 38.2" x 31.9"
German Baroque painter born in Frankfurt