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: Pets
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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April 11~ National Pet Day
Young woman lying on a bench by Carl Larsson
1913 / Black ink, gouache, graphite / 13”x18 1/2”(?) / Musée d’Orsay’s drawing collection;
resides in Louvre Museum’s Department of Graphic Arts
Previous April 11 posts:
Spring~ April 11
Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/11~
The Misty Miss Christy 