Stillman is a 19th century artist, and I'm interested in finding a
good size printed copy of one of her works. Since I don't know the
title, I can only describe it:
The scene looks like medeival Italy, with stone walls, buildings, and
a narrow street leading out to a square with a fountain. A woman,
possibly a nun, is leaning forward over a second-floor balcony
overlooking the square. She has one hand raised as if in blessing to
the people below. A cluster of five or six monks in brown robes is
closest to her balcony, and they're looking up at her with obvious
respect. I have it in a very low resolution image, but I need a print
of it, in a book or whatever, so I can create a digital file of it
suitable for publishing. There are no copyright issues, of course,
just the lack of a physical copy. Can you find an actual source for
this painting in print form?
Many thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 03 Mar 2005 18:19 PST

Dear simple123,

The name of the painting is "Pilgrim Folk". I have not found a print
of that painting, but this rather large (700 x 562 pixels) digital
image:
http://www.artmagick.com/images/paintings/stillman/stillman8.jpg

Would that be useful for you? Please let me know.

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by simple123-ga on 04 Mar 2005 07:14 PST

Thanks Sriptor, that was fast work. Though that jpeg may be the best
file available on the web, do you know of a source in print, possibly
the title of an art book with the print inside? Even out of print is
ok.
Thanks again.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 04 Mar 2005 07:36 PST

This book contains some Stillman works and MAY include the one you're after:


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0500281041//002-2388993-2058463
Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists 
By Jan Marsh and Pamela Gerrish Nunn 


but I haven't been able to look at it yet to be sure.  And I
agree...scriptor-ga did some wonderful work in putting a name to the
print so quickly.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by simple123-ga on 07 Mar 2005 10:58 PST

Thanks for the reference,  Pafalafa, but looking at that higher
resolution jpeg again,  I can see that there are no more details
possible, no matter what the resolution. The faces were what I wanted
to improve, but I don't think even the original had any better details
of the face.

So Scriptor, go ahead and make your answer the final one. And thanks
again, to you and to Pafalafa.

simple123

Dear simple123,

Thank you very much. I've been to the library today, searching art
books for a good image of that picture; unfortunately with no success
at all. But I'm glad to know that the JPG image I found meets your
needs.

Best regards,
Scriptor