Leolupus, 2 months ago to animals

It's #NationalPigDay! Here's a porcine pal from Tanzania.
#pigs #warthogs #animals #wildlife

art_history_animalia, 2 months ago to random

#BookRecommendation for #NationalPigDay 🐖📗:
The Pig: A Natural History https://amzn.to/3T7OGme via #AmazonAssociates

art_history_animalia, 2 months ago to random

#NationalPigDay 🐖:
Boar Sleeping on Autumn Plants
Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Japanese, 1813–1892)
Meiji era, Osaka, mid-late 19th c. (after 1863)
netsuke: stained ivory, horn, silver
2.5 x 4.2 x 3 cm (1 x 1 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 11.23373
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/27784/boar-sleeping-on-autumn-plants
#JapaneseArt

art_history_animalia, 2 months ago to random

#NationalPigDay 🐖:
Carousel Figure of a #Pig c.1905
Attributed to Gustav A. Dentzel Carousel Co. (active 1867–1928)
Carved by Salvatore Cernigliaro ("Cherni") (American (born Sicily), 1879–1974)
Basswood (Tilia americana), glass
76.2x127x29.2cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/333783/carousel-figure-of-a-pig

art_history_animalia, 2 months ago to random

For #NationalPigDay 🐖:
Niko Pirosmani (Georgian, 1862–1918)

1. Boar, 1906
   oil on oilcloth
   H 58 cm (22.8 in) x W 74 cm (29.1 in)
2. White Sow with Piglets, n.d.
   oil on cardboard
   H 80 cm (31.4 in) x W 100 cm (39.3 in)
   Georgian Museum of Fine Arts, Tbilisi

painting of white sow with 5 piglets in side profile