St. Sebastian Attended by St. Irene and Her Maid

This is kinda how I feel this morning.

(Dirck van Baburen, St. Sebastian Attended by St. Irene and Her Maid, c. 1615)

The Visitation with Two Saints (detail)

(Piero di Cosimo, The Visitation with Two Saints, detail: St. Anthony, 1489-1490)

Charles Macklin as Shylock

1, 2, 3... zomgSH00T

(Johann Zoffany, Charles Macklin as Shylock, 1767-68)

La mort du fossoyeur

So, a few weeks ago we had a contest for Carlos Schwabe's La mort du fossoyeur, or, The Death of the Grave-Digger. Although it seems Wikipedia took down the original picture I linked to, this didn't stop Klaus from creating an excellent entry:

(Carlos Schwabe, La mort du fossoyeur, 1895)

Many congratulations and supreme kudos! Bragging rights and commendations are in order!

P.S. did you know Schwabe painted this thing, for which his first wife modeled the angel, when he was 17-18? Dude was married and doing paintings like this, while I was worrying about prom and statistics class.

The Dutch Housewife

The inner workings of a 17th-century homemaker's mind...

(Gerrit Dou, The Dutch Housewife, 1650)

I had a piece each from the 16th, 18th, 19th, and 20th century this week, so I wanted to fill the gap, but this is the best I could find. It kind of fits with my theme, though I don't know about you guys, but this one doesn't really trompe my oeil very much. Oh well. Look at her face, though! She is so sick of making chicken, you guys.

Thus concludes the week of illusions, anamorphoses, trompes l'œil, and so forth. Next week: a surprise! And, please note that you can now follow this blog with the convenient little follow button on the sidebar. I hope that you will consider. My blog is always welcome to you.