December 14~ Animals in Art

Common or Spectacled Caiman with South American False Coral Snake
by Maria Sibylla Merian

c.1705-10 / Watercolor & opaque watercolor with gum arabic on vellum / 13 5/8”x19 1/2” / Royal Collection Trust
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Whistlejacket by George Stubbs

c.1762 / Oil on canvas / 115”x97” / The National Gallery, London

December 13~ Animals in Art

Black Buck and Doe / Mughal Empire

Late 17th century / Painting on paper / 10 1/3”x7 1/5”
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai

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Masquerade Element: Ram Head / Yorùbá peoples of Owo, Ondo, Nigeria

17th–19th century / Ivory, wood or coconut shell inlay / 6”x4 3/8”x2 3/8” / The Met

November 26~ Artists at their Easels

Self-Portrait  by  James A. Porter

c.1935 / Oil paint on linen / 14”x12” / National Museum of African American History & Culture

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The Painter and his Family  by  André Derain

c.1939 / Oil paint on canvas / 69 1/2”x48 3/4” / Tate Gallery