Dr. Peter Paul Rubensさんのイラストまとめ

2/2 Pineapple & cockroaches, from The Insects of Suriname, 1719 edition. Brought to you by traveler, naturalist, & artist Maria Sibylla Merian.

2/2 Life cycle of the Menelaus Blue Morpho butterfly, beautifully documented by Maria Sibylla Merian for her book on the insects of Surinam. Today is her birthday.

Born on this day 1647, naturalist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian. Here, Teucer Owl Butterfly & Rainbow Whiptail Lizard among the bananas, from her book The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname, 1705.

2/2 Francisco de Goya: Self-portrait being treated by Dr. Arrieto, 1820. Just in case he didn’t survive (but he did!). Today has been his day.

2/2 Skinned rats, very lively. Bloated frogs, less lively. Nature as grotesque, 1609, by Jacques de Gheyn. It’s his day today.

Hunting very large crocodiles in Florida, 1591. OK, Theodor de Bry had never actually witnessed this. But today is his day.

Died (alas!) on this day in 1598, in Frankfurt, engraver, editor & publisher Theodor de Bry. Brought images of the goings-on in the New World to a fascinated public in Europe. Here, a delightful cannibal barbecue. Fun times!

2/2 Study of a bearded man, by Jean Clouet, portrait painter to the French court. Today is his day.

Plague pic du jour: The fifth plague of Egypt, by Turner, 1800. #coronavirus

Drawing for an allegory of time and art by Bartholomeus Spranger. It's been his day today.