A Pair of Skating Owls

PIETERSZ. VAN DE VENNE

By MMaxi

ArtistAdriaen Pietersz. van de Venne TechniqueEngraving Year17th C.

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Rembrandt van Rijn

By MMaxi

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Using vigorous lines Rembrandt has drawn a corpulent man leaning across a table-top with his arms crossed. The man's floppy hat tilts forward slightly, casting a shadow onto his podgy face. Rembrandt used brown gallnut ink...

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Laser 3.14

lazer 3.14

By MMaxi

Hairpin Lalique

Rene Lalique

By MMaxi

What appears to be two sprays of the 'viburnum opulus roseum' shrub - the Guelder rose - is in fact a costly hairpin by the famous designer René Lalique. The hairpin is made of a translucent horn apparently so fragile that the flowers of diamond clusters...

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