I feel an animal deep inside, heel to haunch on bended knees

will you have me now, yargachin?

Calico Dominican Red Mountain Boa Chilabothrus striatus Source: Here

Nadezda

Picture of the painting of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky in Abastumani, Georgia

Jewelry by Alphonse Mucha for Georges Fouquet, c. 1900

Jan Fyt - A Dead Wolf ’(bapt. Antwerp, 15 June 1611; d Antwerp, 11 Sept. 1661). Flemish painter and etcher, primarily of still life and hunting pieces. He worked mainly in Antwerp, where he was a pupil of Snyders, but he also visited Paris, Italy, and possibly the Netherlands. He had a successful and prolific career and often collaborated with other artists. Fyt’s most characteristic paintings are in the Snyders tradition, depicting trophies of the hunt, dead stags, hares, and birds, all treated with a vigorous feeling for texture.’ Source

Nephentes Phinena

2010-04-17

Medieval Russian native crosses, icons and amulets 12-16 cc.

Panel in opus sectile with tiger attacking a calf. Roman mosaic ~ 4th century AD. Musei Capitolini • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB