Painting attributed to Bhawani Das. Great Indian Fruit Bat, ca. 1777–82. Kolkata / Calcutta , India
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Ants, Unknown Artist, England, 1250-1260 Pen&ink drawings tinted with body color and translucent washes on parchment
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Bartholomeus Anglicus, ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’ (French translation of Jean Corbechon), Paris 1447
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Spider, 1936 by Qi Baishi
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Two Swallows and Wind Bell. Edo period Japan. Silk painting by Sakai Hōitsu (酒井抱一) (1761–1828)
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Mosaic , Pompeii
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Mazarine Bible, Paris 15th century, BnF, ms. 3717, f. 016v
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Leonardo da Vinci - Two Studies of Insects (a beetle and a dragonfly). 1480 and 1503–5
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Albrecht Dürer, Stag Beetle, 1505
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Bird Perching on a Blossoming Branch Iran / Persia , 17th Century
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Replying to
Crows Flying in Snowstorm’ (1920’s). Woodblock print by Itô Sôzan ( born 1884, active 1919–26)
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Pablo Picasso , Owl with chair (Hibou à la chaise, fond ochré), 1947
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