Hans Leu the Younger painting

Orpheus and the Animals
Hans Leu the Younger (1490–1531)
1519, Tempera on Panel, 22.8" × 20.1" 

Hugo Ullik painting

Landscape with the Křivoklát Castle (Křivoklát)
by Hugo Ullik (1838-1881)
1876, oil on canvas, 21.7" x 29.5"
The artist, born in Prague, painted the castle in the Bohemian town of Křivoklát.

Literature Pick #80

The Jupiter Weapon
by Charles L. Fontenay (1917-2007)
A wonderful science fiction short story from the March 1959 issue of Amazing Science Fiction Stories.

August Schaeffer von Wienwald painting

Cliff
by August Schaeffer von Wienwald (1833-1912)

1876, oil on canvas, 31.3" x 24.8"

Austrian painter

Carl Svante Hallbeck artwork

Njommelsaska in Lapland
by Carl Svante Hallbeck (1826–1897), Swedish illustrator and painter
1856, Chromolithograph,  7.76" x 10.79"
A depiction of the waterfall Njommelsaska (now known as Harsprånget) with the aurora borealis.

Paintings of Markus Pernhart

Julian Alps
by Markus Pernhart

Grossglockner
by Markus Pernhart
13.4" × 16.5"

Traunsee mit Traunkirchen und Traunstein
by Markus Pernhart
1851

Grossglockner from the Hohenwartscharte
by Markus Pernhart
oil on canvas, 12.6" x 15.7"

Fisherman's Cottage on Lake Wörthersee
by Markus Pernhart
oil on canvas, 12.6" x 15.7" 

Richard Ansdell painting

Isle of Skye
by Richard Ansdell (1815-1885)
1856, Oil on Canvas, 72" × 42.5"
English artist, born in Liverpool

Guariento di Arpo painting

Angel
by Guariento di Arpo
1354, Tempera on Panel
14th century artist, born in Piove di Sacco in Padua, Italy

Vittore Carpaccio painting

St. George and the Dragon
by Vittore Carpaccio
1516, Oil on Canvas, 70.9" x 89"
Italian painter of the Venetian school

Auguste-Xavier Leprince painting

A Shepherd and a Rider on a Country Lane
by Auguste-Xavier Leprince (1799-1826)
circa 1823, oil on paper mounted on canvas, 12.8" x 15.6"
A landscape painter who was born in Paris, France

Literature Pick #79

The Space Rover
by Edwin K. Sloat (1895-1986)
From the February 1932 issue of the pulp fiction magazine Astounding Stories comes this riveting action-packed science fiction short story.

Literature Pick #78

The Caliph Stork
by Wilhelm Hauff
A marvelous short story, originally published in Maerchen-Almanach auf das Jahr 1826 (translation: Fairy tale almanac for the year 1826), here it's translated by Edward L. Stowell and included in the compilation book Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace.

Grecian Williams painting

Goodrich Castle
by Hugh William "'Grecian" Williams (1773-1829)
1801; pencil, watercolor and gum arabic; 17.9" × 22.2"
Scottish landscape painter

Giuseppe Angeli painting

Lesson in Astronomy
by Giuseppe Angeli
Between 1757 and 1759, Oil on Canvas, 39.4" x 17.7"
A Baroque painter from Venice

Leonardo Coccorante painting

Harbor with Roman Ruins
by Leonardo Coccorante (1680–1750)
1740-1750, Oil on Canvas
Artist was born in Naples, Italy