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28 December 2020

Museum Monday 2020/52

 


a detail of The Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens, which I saw at the Early Rubens exhibit at the Legion of Honor

28 December is the feast of the Holy Innocents; let's take a moment to remember the children separated from their families at our southern border, and that nearly half of our fellow citizens were A-OK with that

25 December 2020

Friday Photo 2020/52

 


a Nutcracker statue in front of City Hall, San Leandro, California, December 2020

21 December 2020

Museum Monday 2020/51

 


detail from The Nativity by the Master of the Retable of the Reyes Católicos, now in the Legion of Honor, San Francisco

18 December 2020

Friday Photo 2020/51

 


leaves, San Leandro California, December 2020

14 December 2020

Museum Monday 2020/50

 


\Yesterday was the feast day of Saint Lucy, so here is her signature dish, as painted by Francisco de Zurbarán (now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC)

11 December 2020

Friday Photo 2020/50

 


Beurre d'Anjou pears, October 2020

07 December 2020

Museum Monday 2020/49

 


detail of The Annunciation by Alessandro Vittoria, now in the Art Institute of Chicago

04 December 2020

Friday Photo 2020/49

 


the Dewey Monument, Union Square, San Francisco, March 2020