Ceramano painting

A Summer Morning in the Forest of Fontainebleau
by Charles-Ferdinand Sermain (1831-1909), better known as Ceramano
circa 1879, 78.7" x 65.1"
Belgian painter of the Barbizon school. He was born in Tielt in the province of West Flanders.

Gillis Neyts painting

An Italianate Landscape with Travelers on a Path by a Ruin
by Gillis Neyts (1623-1687)
1680, oil on canvas, 22.5" x 32.8"
Flemish landscape artist

Paintings of Jacob van Strij

Milking Time
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1815, Oil on Panel, 28.7" x 38"

Van Strij was a Dutch painter, born in the city of Dordt in the Dutch Republic.

Landscape with Peasants and their Cattle, and Anglers on the Water
by Jacob van Strij (1756-1815)
Between 1800 and 1810, Oil on Panel, 27.2" x 35.8"

John Robert Cozens painting

Cetara on the Gulf of Salerno
by John Robert Cozens (1752-1797)
1790, watercolor over graphite, 14.5" × 20.7"
Cozens was born in London, England.

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