bateau ivre

Jan van Noordt, 1623-1681

Susanna and the Elders, ca.1660/65, oil on canvas, 168x146.5 cm

Fertörákos quarry, Budapest, 1935.

Beautiful ornate and very intricate gilt detailed book cover c1885 

Surprise! Scientifically described in 1898—and last spotted in 1913—the red-crested tree rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis) was thought to be extinct for more than a century. That changed in 2011, when two observers in a Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta nature reserve in Colombia stumbled upon this critter. This long-whiskered rodent can grow up to 17 in (45.7 cm) long. It’s nocturnal and arboreal, though little is known about this species’ behavior. The red-crested tree rat is listed as Critically Endangered, due to loss of habitat. 

"Rapid Jottings" by Kitao Keisai Massayoshi from Siegfried Bing's Artistic Japan v.6 (1891).

Morgan amber

* Etruscan fibula - a woman and a youth reclining

* c. 500 BCE

* Falconara Maritima (Ancona)

* MET museum

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