[artist-polenov]

Redon Abbey, Vasily Polenov

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[ankie]

Mughal jewelled gold Archers Thumb ring circa 1625-1650

The archer’s right thumb ring, or archer’s thumbstall, was designed to help improve target accuracy and greater travelling distance of an arrow released from a bow. This type of ring was used as far back as the Han Dynasty (206 B.C. – 220 B.C.) in China, from where it was adopted by nomadic mongols who introduced the concept to Persia, Turkey, and India. Source https://kristyhsu.wordpress.com/2012/02/08/archery-thumb-rings/

[achasma]

Demon from The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562.

(transparent)

[plum-soup]

*runs up that hill*

*Deals With God*

[nordicsublime]

[immer-nie]

[immer-nie]

The Passing of Arthur John H. Bacon

[travelingworkshop]

[christmas-winter]

[pagewoman]

Arlington Row, Bibury, Gloucestershire, England

[indypendentroyalty]

Portuguese Royal Jewels. The Necklace of the Stars was made in 1865 for the wife of King Luís I of Portugal, Queen Cosort Maria Pia of Savoy

(via http://www.matrizpix.dgpc.pt/matrizpix/home.aspx)

[barrowwight]

[immer-nie]

Yesterday on the way to First Peak on Mount Seymour.

[immer-nie]

[adreciclarte]

by Laurence Hervieux-Gosselin  

[loumargi]

The Nix as a brook horse by Theodor Kittelsen 1908

[met-medieval-art]

Gold Earring with Pearls and Sapphires, Medieval Art

Medium: Gold, sapphire, pearls

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/464028