Jonathan Janson, Lover of the Baroque

Randall Sherman of Musings from the Hinterland has up a friendly nod toward this blog (thank you, sir) and a pleasant remembrance of an exhibit of Rembrandt etchings at the St. Louis Museum of Art from last year. His choice of Rembrandt etching reminds me that I should probably be walking my dog instead of posting this. But never mind that.

Randall also posts a link to REMBRANDT:
life, paintings, etchings, drawings & self portraits, an attractive site by Jonathan Janson, who, I learned when I visited, is also responsible for the extraordinary site Essential Vermeer. But, good to know as that is, I learned after a little more poking about his site (sorry, Scruffy, we'll be going soon) that Janson is also a working artist whose work is powerfully influenced by Dutch Baroque art. Have a look in particular at these amusing but respectful Vermeer parodies.

In short, Janson's various sites are well worth the visit if you have read this far. I know that I'm looking forward to looking more closely.

I hear you, Scruffy. We can go now.