I, the thousand-petaled flower

British Museum 1872,0803.72

Unlike Bosch’s organic, deeply fluid nightmares, this 1575 follower uses stiffer contours, more systematic brushwork, and directly copies iconic motifs (like the giant monster mouth from The Garden of Earthly Delights). The composition is more additive and lacks Bosch's original atmospheric depth.

Solitude, (Detail), (c. 1900), by Guillaume Seignac (French, 1870 – 1924), signed 'G-Seignac' (lower right), oil on canvas, 29 x 39 3/4in (73.7 x 101cm), Private Collection

Lost in Dreams (In Träumen versunken), (Detail), (1835), by Friedrich von Amerling (Austrian, 1803 – 1887), oil on canvas, 55 cm (21.6 in) x 45 cm (17.7 in), Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, Vienna

The Golden Gauntlet, Henri III of France’s armour (detail), c.1550 [564x624]

The gazing ball - 1930s - (Via)

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Whistler’s Mother (1871) by James McNeill Whistler

Rock Bottom by Daniel Merriam, 2022 {via}

La Meditazione (also known as Meditation and Meditation on the History of Italy), (Detail), (1851) by Francesco Hayez (Italian, 1791 – 1882), oil on canvas, 90 cm (35.4 in) x 70 cm (27.5 in), Galleria d’arte moderna Achille Forti, Verona

A Roman Lady (also known as La Nanna), (Detail), (1859), by Sir Frederic Leighton (English, 1830 – 1896), oil on canvas, 31 1/2 x 20 1/2 in (80 x 52.1 cm), Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Mystic Wood (c. 1914-1917) by John William Waterhouse RA (English, 1849 – 1917), oil on canvas, 97.7 cm (38.5 in) x 146 cm (57.5 in), Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane

Nymphs Hunting (Nymphes Chasseresses) (1898) by Julius Leblanc Stewart (American, 1855 – 1919), oil on canvas, 140.3 x 111.8 cm (55.2 x 44 in), Private Collection

The First Awakening of Eve, (Detail), (1889), by Valentine Cameron Prinsep RA (British, 1838 – 1904), signed and inscribed 'Eve. by Val Prinsep. RA RA Exhibit - £CHH' (on an old label on the stretcher), oil on canvas, 44 7/8 x 53¼ in. (114.1 x 135.3 cm), Private Collection

Eye of a Storm at Sea (1867, Oil on canvas) - Théodore Gudin

🦀 Annual report of the New Jersey State Museum Trenton, N.J.: MacCrellish & Quigley, State Printers, 1902-1915. Original source Image description: Illustration from the 1902-1915 New Jersey State Museum annual report showing detailed scientific drawings of a female green crab (Carcinides maenas). The top view displays the crab’s broad, spiny carapace with two large, curved claws raised. The bottom view reveals the crab’s segmented abdomen, jointed legs, and fine details of the mouthparts and eyes. The images highlight anatomical features for identification, with a scale bar beneath the top crab for size reference. The plate number “126” is noted in the top right corner.