A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling by Hans Holbein the Younger
About 1526-8 / Oil on oak / 22″x15 1/4″ / The National Gallery, London, UK
Tag Archives: Animals in Art
National Pet Month~ Day 4
Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Dog and a Cat attributed to Dosso Dossi
1508-1510 / Oil on panel / 11″x9 4/5″ / Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK
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National Pet Month~ Day 3
Lady with an Ermine – Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani by Leonardo da Vinci
Around 1490 / Oil on wood panel / 21″x15″
The Princes Czartoryskie Museum, National Museum, Kraków, Poland
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National Pet Month~ Day 2
DETAIL: Cat (highlighted) catching birds among the papyrus stems
Nebamun fowling and fishing in the marshes / Fragment of a tomb-painting
1350 BC / Painting on plaster / 38 3/5″x45 1/4″ / British Museum, London, UK
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National Pet Month~ Day 1
Man restraining a large dog / Southern Mesopotamia
About 1750 BC / Fired clay plaque / 3 4/5″x3 2/5″ / British Museum, London, UK
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October 4~ World Animal Day
Tiger in a Tropical Storm (Surprised!) by Henri Rousseau
1891 / Oil on canvas / 50 3/4”x 63 3/4” / National Gallery, London, UK
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Previous October 4 posts:
Autumn~ October 4
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/4~
August 26~ National Dog Day
Hilda and Maggie by George Spencer Watson
1911 / Oil on canvas / 50”x57” / Tate, London
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Previous August 26 posts:
Self Portraits~August 26
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/26~
August 2, 1864~ First running of the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course
Portrait of the Thoroughbred Kentucky (detail) by Edward Troye
c.1866 / Oil on canvas / 31”x38 3/4” / Image: Wikipedia, Gooreen Collection, Public Domain
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Previous August 2 posts:
Self Portraits~August 2
Auguste Bartholdi: Born on August 2, 1834
Artist Birthday Quiz for 8/2~
May 23, 1911~ Dedication of The New York Public Library
The New York Public Library Lions by Edward Clark Potter
1911 / Pink Tennessee marble / 72”x144” / The New York Public Library
Previous May 23 posts:
Love & War~ May 23
Margaret Wise Brown: Born May 23, 1910
Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/23~
December 31~ Animals in Art
Eli by Lucian Freud
2002 / Oil on canvas / 28”x24” / Private collection
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Officer of the Hussars by Kehinde Wiley
2007/ Oil on canvas / 120”x120” / Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
The Misty Miss Christy 