The Getty

We went to the Getty today.

I am in love.

These were my absolute favorite paintings of the day. Keep in mind that the digital reproductions in NO WAY do these amazing works justice.

1. The Coronation of the Virgin - Fabriano

*what you can't see in the digital version is the warm, brilliant sheen of the paint and the fact that the entire piece is intricately carved as well as painted. There is a similar feeling here as one would find in a Klimpt.

2. The Holy Family - Follower of Bernard van Orley

*The perspective and architectural detail of this piece is stunning.

3. Head of a Woman - Michael Sweerts

*you would swear she was about to talk to you, she looks so dynamically realistic. She even has a tear sheen painted over her eyes that actually seems to glisten a bit.

4. Shipping in a Calm at Flushing with a State's General Yacht Firing a Salute - Jan van de Cappelle

*This piece has PERFECT scale and proportion and the detail is incredible. It's clean, precise, and somehow, still romantic.

5. A Wooded Landscape with Travelers on a Path through a Hamlet - Hobberna

6. The Abduction of Europa - Rembrandt

* you really must see this in real life. the gold reflections are amazing.

7. The Portal of Rouen Cathedra. in th Morning Light - Monet

8. The Bridge over the Water-Lily Pond - Monet

9. Portrait of Jeanne Kefer - Fernand Khnopff

10. The Farewell of Talemikis and Eucharus - Jaques Louis David

*This is Marci's favorite painting. It's beautiful Even with the goat.