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Maxime Dahirel @mdahirel.bsky.social

One of my main snail models and what looks like one of my main spider models? On the same 17th century painting? #InverteFest

(Flowers in a Glass Bottle on a Marble Plinth, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, about 1670, National Gallery, London www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/ja...)

A detail of the bottom part of an old painting. We can see a glass bottle on a plinth, with the stems of flowers visible in the bottle, and some fruits and flowers visible around the bottle. But more importantly, on the plinth, there is also a bumblebee, a grove snail, and what looks like a cross spider (and is at least definitely an Araneus)
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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ @saimihanma.bsky.social

Three days left of the August #InverteFest! So, let's do something fun for a brief escape from the horrors.

How about a scavenger hunt? Go forth and find invertebrates in historic works of art and bring them back here to share.

I'll start with this Vincent van Gogh I hadn't seen before.

an oil painting of clumps of grass like plants, some with flowers, and subtle white butterflies flying around them

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