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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Franz Marc, 1913
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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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Katsushika Hokusai (Japan, 1760-1849)
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Mark Catesby, Nightjar and mole cricket, (detail), c. 1722-6
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Bartholomeus Anglicus, ‘Livre des propriétés des choses’, Paris 1447
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Portrait of a Stallion, India , mid 19th century. Opaque watercolor, silver, and gold on paper
