Katherine Bernhardt (American, b.1975)
Giant #Tarantula , 2003
acrylic & oil on canvas, 40.7 by 30.2 cm (16 by 11⅞ in.)
mutualart.com/Artwork/Giant-…

Tom Otterness (American, b. 1952)
#Snail , 2004
bronze with gold patina
10 ½ x 5 5/8 x 17 in
mutualart.com/Artwork/Snail/…

Maria Primachenko (Ukranian, 1908-1997)
Menagerie, 1977
gouache, fluorescent paint, paper, 61.9 x 88.5 cm
wikiart.org/en/maria-prima…
#WomenArtists

Walter Whall Battiss (South African, 1906-1982)
Guinea fowl
oil on board, 21 x 29.2cm (8 1/4 x 11 1/2in)
wikiart.org/en/walter-batt…
#BirdsInArt

Tigress and Cubs clevelandart.org/art/1987.65

The one that got way....🐀

Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511; 'The Ashmole Bestiary'; 1201 CE–1225 CE; England (Peterborough ? or Lincoln ?); f.35v Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services

Behold the deep time of human artistic creativity!

About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge , this small figurine was masterfully sculpted from mammoth ivory.

Known as the ‘Vogelherd Horse’ it is one of the earliest known works of figurative art. 📷 my own

Drinking vessel in the form of a #cat with painted stripes, made of tin-glazed earthenware, London, 1676. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Having a whale of a time....

Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511; 'The Ashmole Bestiary'; 1201 CE–1225 CE; England (Peterborough ? or Lincoln ?); f.86v Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services

Mandarin Ducks in Snow, by Ohara Koson, late 19th-early 20th century

#shinhanga

Sea creatures

Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1511; 'The Ashmole Bestiary'; 1201 CE–1225 CE; England (Peterborough ? or Lincoln ?); f.86r Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services

Booted Eagle / Hieraaetus pennatus, 1801-7?, by Lady #ElizabethSymondsGwillim (British, 1763-1807), who was born #otd , Apr 21. Held by McGill Library, archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/boot… #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #ElizabethGwillim

Ernest Griset's Study of a Nubian Lion Asleep (based on the Barbary Lion, now extinct in the wild). On display at Wightwick Manor and Gardens NT.

For #Caturday :
Ludwig ten Hompel (German, 1887-1932)
Cat, 1912
oil on canvas, 59 x 72 cm
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27C…
#CatsInArt

For #Caturday :
Margret Hofheinz-Döring (German, 1910-1994)
1. Katze putzt sich, 1959
oil paint & pen, 23x43cm commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katz…
2. Katze - Auf der Lauer, 1969
pastel, 17x25cm commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Katz…

#WomenArtists #CatsInArt

Chalcedony gem with a lion, 2nd-3rd century AD, size: 1,3x1,9 cm
#collection #gem #lion #museum #Venice #Archaeology

Two rats, one with a ball, c. 1480 - 1510

(British Museum)