Rococo art

Departure for Boat Ride
by an unknown French artist
18th century, Oil on Canvas, 15.0" x 21.7"

Arnold Lyongrün painting

Spring in the high Black Forest
by Arnold Lyongrün (1871–1935)
1910, oil painting
Lyongrün was a German painter and Art Nouveau designer; he was born in Domnau, East Prussia.

Literature Pick #94

The Adventures of Alphonso and Marina: An Interesting Spanish Tale
by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)
A wonderful tale of romance and adventure; serialized in the April 19, April 26, and May 3, 1797 issues of The New-York Weekly Magazine.

Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern painting

Helgoland in Moonlight
by Christian Ernst Bernhard Morgenstern
1851, oil on canvas, 32.8" × 46.7"
Morgenstern was a German landscape painter, born in Hamburg.

Albert Bierstadt painting

The Emerald Pool
by Albert Bierstadt (1830-1902)
1870, oil on canvas, 76.5" × 119"
 Scene depicting the White Mountains in New Hampshire.
Bierstadt was an American painter of the Hudson River School.

Anton Mirou painting

Wooded River Landscape
by Anton Mirou
Early 17th century, oil on panel, 19.3" x 23.6"
Mirou was a Flemish Baroque landscape painter. 

Georg Heinrich Crola painting

Great Landscape at the River Inn
by Georg Heinrich Crola (1804 - 1879)
circa 1830-1838, oil on canvas, 33.9" x 50"
Crola was a German landscape painter who was born in Dresden.

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