Alchemy Laboratories

Edo Monsters

A Casual Baptism

Les Champignons
Edible & Poisonous Mushrooms

Dutch Covers
Picture books from 1810 to 1950'Het Gouden Prentenboek' [1898 - 1948] by Piet Worm, 1948

Image Dump
'Dronte' is the Dutch word for Dodo and this previously unknown sketch from the mid-1600s of the famous extinct bird was sold at Christie

The Knightly Arts
The Art of the Gladiator

Handshakes in Thought
The Van Gogh Letter Sketches"The feeling for and love of nature always strike a chord sooner or later with people who take an interest in art. The duty of the painter is to study nature in depth and to use all his intelligence, to put his feelings into his work so that it becomes comprehensible to others.But working with an eye to saleability isn’t exactly the right way in my view, but rather is cheating art lovers. The true artists didn't do that; the sympathy they received sooner or later came because of their sincerity. I know no more than that, and don't believe I need to know any more."{Vincent Van Gogh