#dragonfly week

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For #FrogFriday + #DragonflyWeek:

Joris Hoefnagel (Flemish, 1542-1600) & Georg Bocskay (Hungarian, d.1575)

Common Pear, Lake Demoiselle, Moor Frog, and Hyacinth: Mira calligraphiae monumenta, Ms. 20 (86_MV_527), fol. 75

1561–1562; illumination added 1591–1596

Watercolors, gold & silver paint, ink

16.6 × 12.4 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/8 in.)

Getty Museum collection

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It's Dragonfly Week!

It's a week of fun, discovery, and celebration of the wonderful world of dragonflies. Learn more about these fascinating insects with our blogs, and get involved with our activities:

What do dragonflies eat, and other facts

Dragonflies spotter sheet (PDF)

Dragonfly or damselfly? How to ID

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#DragonflyWeek bling:

Dragonfly Buckle by Piel Frères, Paris, c.1905

Gilt & silver plated metal, enamel, glass, rhinestones; H 5.1 x W 9 cm (2 x 3.5 in.)

Tadema Gallery London

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For #MosaicMonday during #DragonflyWeek:

Dragonfly tea stand, c. 1901

Glass mosaic, diameter 7 1/4 in. Designed by Clara Driscoll (USA, 1861–1944) for Louis Comfort Tiffany (USA, 1848-1933). The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

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For #DragonflyWeek :

Gustav Gaudernack (Norway, 1865–1914) for David-Andersen Libelleskålen [#Dragonfly Bowl], 1908 Gilt silver filigree w/ window enamel & details of mirror enamel H 11.7 cm x W 25 cm, Dia. 16.5 cm Nasjonalmuseet OK-08461

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For #DragonflyWeek:

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973)

“La Libellule (The Dragonfly)”, 1936

From Histoire naturelle, published 1942

Aquatint & sugar lift etching w/ scraping & drypoint on copper in black on off-white laid paper

Image 27×21cm / Sheet 37×27.2cm

The Art Institute of Chicago 1946.439.27

Image © 2018 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY (educational use)