It’s time to go learn something new, play with ideas, and replenish the well from which I draw throughout the year. In the meantime, go forth and stay curious! Here’s some art from the Met Museum’s Open Content library.
ca. 1630
Orsola Maddalena Caccia, Italian
"With its mountain of fruit and dance of flowers in the background, this is one of the most ambitious still-life compositions by Caccia, an important woman artist who ran a studio that supported an Ursuline convent at Moncalvo. Her idiosyncratic way of individuating each stem of the tulips and irises should be compared to her Flowers in a Grotesque Vase, also in this gallery." Met Firth Avenue, Gallery 627