A Surrey Cottage Jigsaw Puzzle Game

An Autumn Day

Another beautiful, art inspired jigsaw puzzle is here. Today we're going back to the 19th century in rural Russia on a beautiful Autumn day. Click start and see the people going about their daily routine, chickens foraging in the green grass and the Autumn colored leaves blowing in the wind. A jigsaw based on a painting the Russian painter by Boris Kustodiev.

James Tissot: The Garden Bench, 1882

James Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 - 8 August 1902) was a French painter, who spent much of his career in Britain. He painted "The Garden Bench" in 1882 and now you can admire his work in this challenging jigsaw.

The Cowshed

Featured in today's art themed jigsaw puzzle The Cowshed ( "De Koestal") is a painting by Gerad ter Borch a Dutch genre painter , who lived in the Dutch Golden Age (December 1617 – 8 December 1681). Ter Borch's works are very rare; about eighty have been catalogued. Six of these are at the Hermitage, six at the Berlin Museum, five at the Louvre, four at the Dresden Museum, three at the Getty Center, and two at the Wallace Collection. The painting featured in this puzzle captures a scene from a 16th century farm, the milking of the cows.

Summer Holiday

A fun new puzzle based on Boris Kustodiev painting with the same name. Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (March 7, 1878 – May 28, 1927) was a Russian painter and stage designer.

Seascape Near Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Based on the painting by Vincent Van Gogh, done at the fishing village of Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, during a trip he took from Arles in the south of France, today's puzzle depicts the fishing vessels on the blue, calm sea. Van Gogh was enthusiastic about the colors of the Mediterranean Sea.

St Stephen Preaching at Jerusalem

A jigsaw puzzle featuring Vittore Carpaccio's painting "St Stephen Preaching at Jerusalem" (La Prédication de saint Etienne à Jérusalem).

Basket of Fruit

Put this jigsaw puzzle back together and see the beautiful basket if fruit painted by Gerrit Van Honthorst (4 November 1592 – 27 April 1656) - the Dutch Golden Age painter from Utrecht.

Glass Vase with Oranges

A beautiful jigsaw based on a painting by Johan Laurentz Jensen featuring thistle, echinops, myrtle in a glass vase with oranges, blackberries and a butterfly on a brown marble ledge.

Horse on a Stormy Day

This new puzzle is based on an oil on panel painting by James Ward (1769– 17 November 1859) - a painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver. James Ward was one of the outstanding artists of the day, his singular style and great skill set him above most of his contemporaries, markedly influencing the growth of British art. He was regarded as one of the great animal painters of his time. From 1810 or so, Ward started to paint horses within landscapes; slightly later, he turned to very large-scale landscapes.

The Meeting of David and Abigail

Based on the painting by Peter Paul Rubens(Flemish, 1577 - 1640) with thee same name, the picture featured in this art themed puzzle depicts the meeting of Abigail and David. Nabal of Carmel, Abigail's husband, had refused to pay for the protection that David had provided for his shepherds. Angered, David set off to avenge this misdeed with a large group of soldiers. Seeking his forgiveness, Abigail, is shown kneeling in this painting by Rubens. If you don't know the entire biblical scene the story ends with Nabal's dying from a stroke after learning of the disaster his wife helped to avert. Impressed with Abigail David then proposed marriage. If you didn't know, in the biblical narrative, David is a young shepherd who first gains fame as a musician(the Book of Samuel calls David a skillful harp player and "the sweet psalmist of Israel) and later by killing Goliath; after Saul (the king)is killed in battle David is anointed as King.

Jaguar Killing Tapir

Today's puzzle is based on Friedrich Wilhelm Kuhnert's illustration from "The royal natural history" book published in 1893. The illustration pictures a jaguar attacking a tapir.

Basket of Dahlias

A beautiful jigsaw featuring a basket of dahlia flowers. The image is based on a still life painting by Johan Laurentz Jensen. Often referred to as J. L. Jensen (8 March 1800, Gentofte - 26 March 1856, Copenhagen) he was a Danish artist who specialized in flower painting.