Photography by Joaquim Possidónio Narciso da Silva

Yellow Tuesday

Here's to a brand new week; may it be happy and productive! 🕎 🇮🇱

Eurasian bullfinch/Pyrrhula pyrrhula/domherre. Värmland, Sweden (2 August 2025).

"Jewish prayer books printed in "Typographical Amsterdam Hebrew Characters" were sought after in the decades around 1700 and well into the eighteenth century in Europe. Treasured and handed down all over Europe for generations by Jewish families, these books represent the learned and sophisticated standing of their owners. The utmost precious protection for the sacred text was a silver book cover. Complete ensembles are extremely rare. The goldsmith Tobias Schier was a specialist for such ostentatiously crafted silver covers. Several examples by Schier have survived and document the master’s outstanding abilities to transform the precious metals silver and gold into objects of great elegance and exuberant appearance."

Winter rains bring spring flowers🌧️

Francisco de Zurbarán: San Francisco meditando

Pre islamic necklace with al-uzza

in the brooklyn museum collection

Source is the original link

Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Tokio, Japón @MOMAT_museum