Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes painting

Classical Landscape with Figures Drinking by a Fountain
by Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes (1750-1819)
1806, oil on canvas, 17.8" x 28.94"
French painter, born in Toulouse

Marco Zoppo painting

Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
by Marco Zoppo (1433-1478)
1471, poplar wood, 103.1" x 100"
Italian Renaissance painter, born in the city of Cento

Literature Pick #98

Christmas Eve at Swamp's End
by Norman Duncan
A selection from the 1911 novel The Measure of a Man: A Tale of the Big Woods.

Paintings of Julius Caesar Ibbetson

George Biggins' Ascent in Lunardi's Balloon
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
1785, oil on canvas, 19.9" x 24"
Ibbetson was born in Leeds, England 



Langdale Pikes from Lowood
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
between 1800 and 1806, oil on canvas, 14.02" x 19.02"

 

Lake Windermere
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
between 1801 and 1805, oil on canvas, 19.76" x 25.51"

 

A Beached Collier Unloading into Carts
Julius Caesar Ibbetson (1759–1817)
circa 1790, oil on canvas, 12.4" x 16.8"

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky paintings

The Great Pyramid at Giza
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1871, oil on canvas, 17.4" × 25.7"

Night at Gurzof
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1891, oil on canvas, 24" × 32"

Inspection of the Black Sea Fleet in 1849
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1886

Mountain Village Gunib in Daghestan. View from the East.
by Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817-1900)
1869

Maarten van Heemskerck painting

Bullfight in Ancient Coliseum in Ruins 
by Maarten van Heemskerck (1498-1574)
1552
Dutch painter from North Holland