Sarah S. Stilwell: By the Evening Fire, 1904

Click on the image to enlarge this wonderful illustration that appeared full page (image size: 5 x 7.5 inches) in Scribner's Monthly Magazine for December 1904. It's Stilwell at her best, reminiscent of the great French master Georges De La Tour with a more contemporary American treatment.

This image is from the Louvre Edition of Great Museums of the World © 1967 Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. It is a painting by De La Tour (circa 1593-1652) entitled Mary Magdalen with Oil Lamp (1635-1640). The intense lighting is typical of De La Tour's work and most powerful when seen in person. It was painted in oil on canvas and, like most of his work, large in size. This is a little more than three by four-and-a-half feet. Click on image to enlarge.