#oil on wood panel

It Is Still, A Garden

Oil on wood panel

5.25x 5.125 inches

6/29/2020

© Richard D. York

William Harnett (1848-1892)
“Still Life with Flute, Vase and Roman Lamp” (1885)
Oil on wood
Located in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Thispainting is a meditation on love; it depicts Dante’s Divine Comedy, pages from a 1680 Roman prayer book, the cover of Giuseppe Verdi’s opera La traviata, sheet music from the 1859 French opera Dinorah hangs over the edge of the cabinet. The primary themes of these literary and musical works assert that true love is able to transcend the temptations of the material world.

Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931)
“Girl at the Window” (1889)
Oil on panel
Currently in a private collection

Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912)
“TheMeeting of Antony and Cleopatra, 41 B.C.” (1885)
Oil on canvas
Academicism
Currently in a private collection

Konstantin Makovsky (1839-1915)
“Gypsy”
Oil on panel
Realism

Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931)
“Confidences” (1885)
Oil on panel
Academicism
Currently in a private collection