Dr. Peter Paul Rubensさんのイラストまとめ

Flowers in a Chinese vase. And some insects. By Maria Sibylla Merian, artist & naturalist, who was born on this day in 1647.

Born on this day in 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. @womensart1

2/2 Way the star shines on this king like a spotlight is amazing. Even his page is filled with wonder!

3/3 Teaser: whose fighting ships?

Four frogs. At least three not very happy. As studied by Jacques de Gheyn, who died OTD in 1629.

Spring! Basket of peas & cherries, plus roses & lilies, from Juan van der Hamen y León. Today is his day.

2/2 Time for one more drink! Because it's Dirck Hals's birthday and he would want you to have it.

Flowers and asparagus, mysteriously combined in this painting by my colleague Jan Fyt. Born on this day 1611.

2/2 Watermill in winter, stilled and silent under the frost. By Jacob van Ruisdael, 1660s. It's his day today.

Died (alas!) on this day in 1682, in Amsterdam, the great landscape painter Jacob van Ruisdael. Here, a landscape in winter, which seems still to be happening in some places!