Italian naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi was born 1522! Aldrovandi amassed a collection of 1000s of natural history objects & set out to publish a series of books detailing the known natural world. Explore his volume on sea life via ➡️ https://t.co/U0FNXySjF0

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'Monstra Niliaca Parei', from Aldrovandi’s History of Monsters, 1642.

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Octopus: a very small exhibit// 1. Mosaic, Isthmia, Greece 2. BANC MS UCB 085 (14th c) 3.Ulisse Aldrovandi, Animali, watercolor (16th c) 4. Ito Jakuchu (Japan, 18thc) 🎨 🖌️ ✏️ 🖊️

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Ladies and gentleman, the tale of Aldrovandi’s Monstrous Rooster, a 15th Century Dino-Chicken... https://t.co/XCzwDWrXWB

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Oggi, 13 anni fa, Federico Aldrovandi moriva sotto i colpi dei manganelli di 4 poliziotti.

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Do you know your basilisks from your black On we're turning to Aldrovandi to school us.... (and to our digital collection too) https://t.co/Xv14A3awiw

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Octopus: a very small exhibit

1. Mosaic, Isthmia, Greece
2. BANC MS UCB 085 (14th c)
3.Ulisse Aldrovandi, Animali, watercolor (16th c)
4. Ito Jakuchu (Japan, 18thc)

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Medieval dogs: From top left: Dachsund from Book of Hours of Joanna the Mad, three brackers, Artes Quadriviales dog, dog doing what do, and rabbit playing organ, dog gaining its deer, Golden Hound of Zeus, Morgan dog beating drum, Ulisse Aldrovandi

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我が子三人目できた💕
イタリア人、ルーベンス・アルドロヴァンディーニ(Rubens・Aldrovandini)"君"です!!!!
男の娘です!!←←

そして、ロレンツォ君の弟です😌

愛でてやってくださると嬉しいです😳💕

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Octopus
[Aldrovandi, 16th c.]

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Ulisse Aldrovandi was among first naturalists to publish exact depictions of animals, here an alpine Ibex (1605)

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<3 Ulisse Aldrovandi, animals, pathology and monsters. Italian illustration

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