Neptune calming the tempest

Marcantonio Raimondi (c. 1470/1482 - c. 1527/1534), printmaker
After Raphael (1483 - 1520), designer

Neptune calming the tempest (Quos Ego)

engraving, c. 1515 - 1516

Fuente: http://www.ashmolean.eu/ash/objects

The Fall of the Damned

Peter Paul Rubens 
Drawing for The Fall of the Damned
Flanders, about 1620-30

Fuente: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects

Jason and the Dragon

Salvator Rosa,
 Jason and the Dragon 1663-64
Etching


Fuente: http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/pd/s/salvator_rosa

Stone animals

Stone animals, Rouen cathedral. From Gothic ornaments, selected from various ancient buildings 
Augustus Pugin, London, 1854

Fuente: http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/post/325600487/gothic-animals

Rhea and Titan

New image, captured June 16  2011, by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, highlights the stark differences between Saturn’s two largest moons.

Fuente: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/06/titan-rhea/

Les Fleurs du Mal

Félix Bracquemond, frontispiece for Les Fleurs du Mal, of Beaudelaire.
From Prints and their makers, by Fitzroy Carrington, London, 1913

Fuente: http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/tagged/frontispiece/page/4

The Downfall of the Rebel Angels

William Blake’s “The Downfall of the Rebel Angels” for Paradise Lost.
Engraving, c 1807

Fuente: http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/post/338959408/graemebooks-william-blakes-engraving-the

In Ictu Oculi

In Ictu Oculi
Juan de Valdés Leal (Sevilla,  1622 - 1690)
Oil, 1672

Fuente: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:In_ictu_oculi.jpg

The Dammed

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Luca Signorelli 1445 - 1523
The Dammed (Detail)
Chapel of San Brizio,  Orvieto Cathedral,  c. 1499-1502

Fuente:  http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luca_Signorelli_-_The_Damned

The Confusion of Tongues

The Confusion of Tongues
Gustave Doré
La Sainte Bible 1866

Fuente: http://www.all-art.org/dore/history1-bible23_X.html

Death and the Devil

Daniel Hopfer 
Death and the Devil Surprising Two Women, circa 1500-10
Engraving

Fuente: http://metalonmetalblog.tumblr.com/archive

Myologie

Jacques Gautier d’Agoty
 Myologie complette en couleur et grandeur naturelle, 1746

Fuente: http://scientificillustration.tumblr.com/archive

Dreaming dreams

Gustave Doré
"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before"
Illustration from Edgar Allan Poe,  "The Raven"  1884

Fuente: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17192/17192-h/17192-h.htm#Illustration10

The Devills Tryumph over Romes Idoll

The Devill's Tryumph over Romes Idoll
Etching made by Francis Barlow, 
England, 1680.

Fuente: http://baroque-art.livejournal.com/56496.html?thread=169136

Harlequin Shrimp

Harlequin Shrimp
Scientific Name : Hymenocera Elegans, Hymenocera Picta
Origin : Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Maximum Size : 3 inches

Fuente:  http://rhamphotheca.tumblr.com/ask

September's Harvest Moon

September's Harvest Moon
Image Credit & Copyright: Stefano De Rosa
In silhouette against an orange lunar disk is Turin's hilltop Basilica of Superga

Fuente: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110916.html

The Rich Man in Hell

The Rich Man in Hell
Engraving made by Aegidius Sadeler II, after Palma Vecchio.
Published by Marco Sadeler, Belgium, 1595.

Fuente: http://baroque-art.livejournal.com/56496.html?thread=169136

Red-eyed Tree Frog

Joe McDonald/Visuals Unlimite, Inc. 

Fuente: http://www.sciencephoto.com/collection/visuals-unlimited-inc/list

Silence

Henry Fuseli (1741-1825)
Silence
Oil

Fuente: https://picasaweb.google.com/101791235218214273979/PinturaRomantica