Cuillin Ridge, Skye, from Sligachan EA_2015_28-a It is a highly original

It is a highly original painting

and the pinnacle on the right-hand corner of the roof-line

Piero di Cosimo painted many spalliera panels with themes from classical literature

appears in the horses' trappings) and the idea here of a hunt by night is playful or symbolic rather than realistic

Cuillin Ridge, Skye, from Sligachan EA_2015_28-a It is a highly originalProbably the painting entitled The Burn, November the Cucullen Hills, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856. The view is taken from Sligachan, looking southwards over the Sligachan Burn towards the Cuillin Hills. It was painted in true Pre Raphaelite manner, on a visit to Skye in the autumn of 1855. Ruskin praised the 'exquisite painting of withered heather and rock' and commissioned four drawings from the artist.