Still Life with Cake Jigsaw Puzzle Game

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit

Today's art themed puzzle is based on the 1866 "Still Life with Flowers and Fruit" painting by Henri Fantin-Latour. The painting is one of four still lifes commissioned from the artist by Michael Spartali (a Greek businessman and diplomat). In addition to his realistic paintings, like the one in this puzzle, Fantin-Latour created imaginative lithographs inspired by the music of some of the great classical composers.

Croquet Scene

This new puzzle is based on a painting from 1866 by Winslow Homer and it depicts three women and one man play croquet. If you didn't already know, croquet is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops. There are several variations of croquet, differing in the scoring systems, order of shots, and layout. Croquet is played on a grass court.

The Prize Piggies

In this new puzzle we feature three cute piggies. The puzzle image is based on "The Prize Piggies"(Christmas and New Year card) (1891) by L. Prang & Co. The original picture it depicts five small pigs in a pigsty looking out of a framed barn window. The picture was first exhibited in "Chromo-Mania! The Art of Chromolithography in Boston, 1840-1910.". The Prize Piggies was said to be the most popular picture of 1891.

Monsieur Boileau at the Cafe

Today's puzzle is based on a painting by the French painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The painting depicts a certain Mr. Bolleau, who must have been a friend of Lautrec, relaxing in a small cafe in Paris.

Italian Landscape with Umbrella Pines

Today's puzzle is based on an oil on canvas painting by Hendrik Voogd (a Dutch painter and printmaker, who was active in Italy). In this beautiful painting, Voogd depicted the gardens of the Villa Borghese in Rome in the late afternoon. You can see the setting sun behind the impressive umbrella pines in the background, and some people enjoying their afternoon in the foreground of the painting.

George Washington at the Battle of Princeton

The official portrait of George Washington, that this puzzle is based on, was painted in 1779 Charles Willson Peale to commemorate the victories of the Continental army at Trenton and Princeton, New Jersey. This battle took place during the American Revolutionary War, near Princeton, New Jersey on January 3, 1777. American historians often consider the Battle of Princeton a great victory because of the subsequent loss of control of most of New Jersey by the Crown forces. The Continental Army was led General George Washington.

First Steps, after Millet

This puzzle is based on Vincent van Gogh's painting called "First Steps, after Millet". While a patient at the asylum in Saint-Remy, Van Gogh painted twenty-one copies after Millet, an artist he greatly admired. The painting depicts a fenced-in garden behind a house and two parents encouraging their child to walk for the first time.

The Empress Eugenie

If you didn't already know, Dona María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marchioness of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugenie de Montijo, was Empress of the French from her marriage to Emperor Napoleon III. This painting of her was made in oil on canvas by Franz Xaver Winterhalter in 1854.

Vase with Pink Roses

The painting that this puzzle is based on, "Still Life: Vase with Pink Roses", was made in 1890 by Vincent van Gogh shortly before his release from the Saint-Rémy asylum. This and the similarly-dated Pink Roses reflect the optimism Van Gogh felt at that time about his future. The painting is one of several Van Gogh examples of overabundance in still life, filling the picture plane with the vase and overflowing flowers.

Weaning the Calves

The scene depicted in today's puzzle is probably located on one of the pasturelands of the Pyrenees where Rosa Bonheur, the author of the painting that this puzzles is based on, took a trip there in 1850. The painting depicts some calves separated from their mother in an improvised pen. If you didn't know, weaning is the process of gradually introducing an young animal or human to what will be its adult diet while withdrawing the supply of its mother's milk. The process takes place only in mammals, the only as they are the only animals that produce milk.

Basket of Fruit with Parrot

Today's new puzzle is based on an oil on canvas painting by A.M. Randall. The painting depicts a basket full of fruit with a cute parrot sitting on a small branch. Pick your difficulty level, click start and give it a try! Have fun!

In a Roman Osteria

This new puzzle is based on the "In a Roman Osteria" painting by the Danish painter Carl Bloch. This painting was inspired by a similar painting by his teacher, Wilhelm Marstrand (1810-1873); specifically his beautiful "Italian Osteria Scene" from 1848. The painting was commissioned by the merchant Moritz G. Melchior and it was painted in 1866. Moritz is included in the background of the painting. The man in the white shirt looking around at the viewer is Bloch himself.