Viviano Codazzi painting

St. Peter's, Rome
St. Peter's Basilica and the obelisk, at the Vatican in Rome, as depicted by Viviano Codazzi circa 1630. The design includes Carlo Maderno's ill-fated bell towers, and a procession exiting.
circa 1630, oil on canvas, 66.1" x 86.6"
Viviano Codazzi (c. 1606–1670) was a Baroque era Italian painter, born in Valsassina near Bergamo.

Jan Baptist Martin Wans painting

An Imaginary Landscape Near Rome
by Jan Baptist Martin Wans
17th century, oil on canvas, 49.6" × 67.3"
Flemish Baroque painter born in Antwerp.

Jan Wouwerman painting

Landscape with Figures
by Jan Wouwerman (1629-1666)
1650-1666, Oil on Panel, 21.7" x 25"
Dutch Golden Age painter from Haarlem

Esaias van de Velde painting

Mountainous Landscape with Traveller
by Esaias van de Velde
Circa 1620, oil on panel, 13" x 11.4"
Dutch landscape painter

Ambrogio Lorenzetti painting

Rofeno Abbey Poliptych. Saint Michael the Archangel slaying the Dragon between Saints Bartholomew and Benedict; Madonna with Child, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Ludwig of Tolouse (in the cusps)
by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (c. 1290 – June 9, 1348)
1330 - 1335, Tempera on Panel, 10.16" x 9.06"
Italian painter of the Sienese School

Literature Pick #93

The Ideal
by Stanley G. Weinbaum
A wonderful science fiction short story from the September 1935 issue of Wonder Stories.

Daniël Vosmaer painting

A View of Delft through an Imaginary Loggia
by Daniël Vosmaer
1663, Oil on Canvas, 35.8" x 44.5"
Vosmaer was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Delft.

Elias Galli painting

Representation of the Old Stock Exchange and Scale
by Elias Galli (the Elder)
circa 1680
German painter from Hamburg

Pieter Jansz. Saenredam painting

The Old Town Hall of Amsterdam
by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597-1665)
1657, Oil on Panel, 25.8" x 33.3"
Saenredam was a Dutch Golden Age painter, from Assendelft.

Maritime painting

Embarkation of a Boat at the Harbor Wall
by a monogrammist CT
1848, oil on canvas, 16.5" x 22.4"

Jacob van Ruisdael painting

A Waterfall in a Rocky Landscape
by Jacob van Ruisdael (c. 1629-1682)
Oil on canvas laid down on panel, 26" x 20.5"
Dutch Golden Age landscape painter, from Haarlem

Literature Pick #92

Strange Adventures of a Million Dollars
by Ingersoll Lockwood
From the 1891 short story collection Eleven Possible Cases.

Pieter Bruegel the Elder painting

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
circa 1558, oil on canvas mounted on wood, 28.9" × 44.1"
Netherlandish Renaissance painter and printmaker from Brabant.

Carl Buntzen painting

Seascape with Sailing Ships off a Coast
by Carl Buntzen (1835-1901)
1875, Oil on Canvas, 11" x 15"

Paintings by Louis Gauffier

Late 18th century paintings of the Arno Valley and the Vallombrosa Abbey, by the French artist Louis Gauffier (1762-1801).