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Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.013 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish, crayfish, and crabs twist across the page—some striped, others spiked, all with exaggerated colors and strange forms. The creatures seem to writhe under the viewer’s gaze, as if plucked from a fever dream of the sea.
Foreign butterflies occurring in the three continents Asia, Africa and America Pl.045 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Vibrant wings from three continents—Asia, Africa, America—frozen mid-flight. Each delicate engraving traces the intricate patterns of foreign butterflies, their colors still vivid centuries later. A silent migration preserved on paper.
White horse (1909)

Hans Kohlschein (German, 1879–1948)

A white horse stands poised, muscles taut beneath its coat. The fine lines of the engraving trace every sinew, the animal’s quiet power frozen in black and white. No background distracts—just the creature, alive on the page.
Exotische schmetterlinge Pl.016 (1888-1892)

Otto Staudinger (German, 1830–1900)

Delicate wings unfurl in precise lines, each vein and pattern etched with scientific clarity. These butterflies hover between specimen and art, their exotic forms preserved in ink. The page hums with silent flight, a meticulous record of fleeting beauty frozen mid-beat.
Pleuronectes Argus, The Argus-Flounder. (1785-1797)

Marcus Elieser Bloch (German, 1723–1799)

The flounder lies flat, its mottled skin mimicking sand. One eye has migrated, both now staring upward—a silent hunter waiting beneath the seabed. The engraving traces each irregular spot, as if the fish might blink and vanish into the ocean floor.
Poissons, ecrevisses et crabes, de diverses couleurs et figures extraordinaires.. Pl.011 (1718-1719)

Louis Renard (French, 1678–1746)

Vibrant fish dart across the page, their scales shimmering in impossible hues. A crimson crab claws at a cobalt crayfish, both creatures twisted into fantastical shapes. The sea teems with life—each specimen more bizarre than the last, as if plucked from a fevered dream of the ocean’s depths.
Zeitloss (1692)

Magdelena Rosina Funck (German, unknown)

Delicate veins trace through petals, sharp lines carving life into paper. A stem curls with precision, each thorn placed as if by nature’s own hand. Shadows pool beneath leaves, depth conjured from ink and patience. Here, a flower exists beyond bloom—etched, enduring, unyielding to time.
Ornithologia methodice digesta Pl.102 (1767-1776)

Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723–1784)

A meticulous engraving of a bird mid-motion, feathers rendered with scientific precision. The lines capture every contour, as if the specimen might take flight from the page. A fusion of art and observation, where each stroke serves both beauty and taxonomy.
Abbildungen zu Oken’s Allgemeiner Naturgeschichte für alle Stände Pl.022 (1841)

Lorenz Oken (German, unknown)

Delicate veins branch across translucent leaves, each curve precise as a surgeon’s incision. The engraving’s sharp lines dissect nature, revealing symmetry hidden in petals and stems—a meticulous study of growth patterns frozen in ink.