Tournament Shield (Targe)
Germany, c. 1500
Wood, burlap, leather, gesso, polychromy
“The German motto around the #owl reads in translation, 'Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that.'”
On display at the Met (69.196)
#Superb_Owl #Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt
Tournament Shield (Targe)
Germany, c. 1500
Wood, burlap, leather, gesso, polychromy
“The German motto around the #owl reads in translation, 'Although I am the hated bird, I rather enjoy that.'”
On display at the Met (69.196)
#Superb_Owl #Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt
(See ALTS for more info!)
#Superb_Owl #BirdsInArt
(See ALTS for more info!)
#Superb_Owl #BirdsInArt
An actual owl, the southern boobook, picture taken in Albert Park (Melbourne) back in 2009.
An actual owl, the southern boobook, picture taken in Albert Park (Melbourne) back in 2009.
Plate with “fantastical #owl wearing a crown,” c. 1525-50
Hispano-Moresque (Manises, Valencia, Spain)
Tin-glazed earthenware with luster decoration, 2 1/16 x 18 1/16 in. (5.2 x 45.9 cm)
On display at the Walters Art Museum 48.1099
#Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt
Plate with “fantastical #owl wearing a crown,” c. 1525-50
Hispano-Moresque (Manises, Valencia, Spain)
Tin-glazed earthenware with luster decoration, 2 1/16 x 18 1/16 in. (5.2 x 45.9 cm)
On display at the Walters Art Museum 48.1099
#Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt
Here in Australia, our neighbourhood has a family of (not exactly an owl) tawny frogmouths.
Here in Australia, our neighbourhood has a family of (not exactly an owl) tawny frogmouths.
Brooch in the form of an #owl head, c. 1860
Italian, Rome, Firm of Castellani
Gold, agate (eyes)
1 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 7/16 in. (4.1 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2014.713.10 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt
Brooch in the form of an #owl head, c. 1860
Italian, Rome, Firm of Castellani
Gold, agate (eyes)
1 5/8 x 1 3/8 x 7/16 in. (4.1 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm)
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York 2014.713.10 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Superb_Owl_Sunday #BirdsInArt
Stoneware punch bowl in the shape of an #owl by Robert Wallace Martin (Martin Brothers pottery), England, 1903. H.103cm. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13... #superb_owl_sunday #BirdsInArt
Stoneware punch bowl in the shape of an #owl by Robert Wallace Martin (Martin Brothers pottery), England, 1903. H.103cm. Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge: data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13... #superb_owl_sunday #BirdsInArt
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