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The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) is a medium-sized perching duck famous for being widely regarded as the world's most beautiful duck.
Vibrant Appearance
Mandarin ducks display striking sexual dimorphism, meaning the males and females look completely different:
The Male (Drake):
Highly elaborate and colourful. It features distinctive orange feathers that stick up like "sails" on its back, a purple chest with white bars, orange cheek plumes, and a bright red-pink beak. After the spring breeding season, the male sheds these feathers (moults) into a dull "eclipse" plumage that looks like the female, though he keeps his bright beak.
The Female (Hen):
Intentionally dull and grey-brown to blend into surroundings. She has a grey head, a prominent white ring around her eye with a stripe trailing behind it, and a mottled underside.
Habitat and Global Distribution
Native Range:
Densely wooded wetlands, shallow lakes, and marshes across East Asia, including China, Japan, Korea, and parts of Russia.
Introduced Populations:
They were brought to the UK as decorative birds for private collections in the 18th century. Escaped birds formed a thriving, naturalised wild population across Great Britain.
Behavior:
Despite their loud colours, mandarins are shy, timid birds that prefer hiding under overhanging willows and tree cover. They have long claws that allow them to perch on tree branches and fly through dense forests with incredible agility.
Diet
Mandarins are omnivorous foragers. They eat a varied diet consisting of:
Aquatic plants and seeds
Acorns and grains
Insects, land snails, and small fish
Tree Nesting and "Leaping" Chicks
Mandarin ducks have a unique and dramatic nesting ritual:
High Nesting:
Females lay a clutch of 9–12 eggs during the spring in natural tree cavities or holes, sometimes up to 9 metres off the ground.
The Leap of Faith:
Shortly after hatching, the mother flies down to the ground and calls to her ducklings.
Safe Landing:
The tiny, uninjured ducklings leap from the high tree cavity. Their light weight and fluffy down feathers cushion the impact, allowing them to bounce unharmed and follow their mother straight to the nearest water.
Cultural Symbolism
In traditional East Asian cultures—particularly in China and Japan—mandarin ducks are revered as a symbol of lifelong fidelity, love, and wedded bliss. Pairs are frequently depicted in oriental art and given as wedding gifts, even though wild ducks generally only pair up for a single breeding season.
"A must visit for every car enthusiastic! Hard to imagine a place like that, a private collection of the most amazing cars at all times, in a nice and quiet atmosphere. Totally recommended!" — Autobau Erlebniswelt
(as if Diebenkorn embraced the panorama with Photoshop poster edges filter)
detail of "Berkeley #31"
oil on canvas, 1955
by Richard Diebenkorn
from private collection
presented by Berggruen Gallery
San Francisco, California
Collezione privata - private collection
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(Ansel Adams)
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Largest private collection of steam locomotives in the world.
No.1293 was built in June 1948 and weighs 117 tons. The G-5 class of 4-6-2 Pacific type steam locomotives were constructed after World War II to pull passenger and freight trains on the Canadian Pacific Railway’s branch and secondary lines. The G-5’s basic dimensions were patterned after an earlier CP design, but these 102 upgraded 4-6-2s were equipped with the latest improvements, innovations and appliances then available.
The G-5’s were built by three different manufacturers into 1948, with G-5-d No.1293 being constructed in June of that year by Canadian Locomotive Company in Kingston, Ontario. However new and efficient these Pacifics were, all would be out of work within a decade as dieselization spread across the Dominion. Retired in 1959, No.1293 was placed in storage with numerous other locomotives waiting their turns to be cut up for scrap metal. (Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum)
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And decisions and errors
And unforeseen conditions
That define the course of history.
collage, 10x15 xm
private collection MKC/CE, 2025
From my private collection..
I know..I love Valentine's Day..just bear with me...only about 75 more picks..of the Valentine variety..
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These quick #RurouniKenshin #pencil #sketch es (on 100gsm #paper #sketchbook ) are from my SAMURAI X series private collection ;)
Kaiser Wilhelm II had often been on vacation to Sunnmøre. After the fire, he sent four warships with materials to build temporary shelters and barracks. After a period of planning, the town was rebuilt in stone, brick, and mortar in Jugendstil (Art Nouveau), the architectural style of the time. The structures were designed by approximately 20 master builders and 30 Norwegian architects, most of them educated in Trondheim and Charlottenburg, Berlin, drawing inspiration from all over Europe. To honor Wilhelm, one of the most frequented streets of the town is named after him
ИВАН АЙВАЗОВСКИЙ - Корабль в лунном свете
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Private collection.
Sotheby's London, Russian Pictures, December 01, 2020.
Source: www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2020/russian-pictures-2/s...
Private Collection of Gary Severns
Long Beach, CA
Full Classic
Wheelbase 136-1/2"
Passengers: 2/4
Engine / Displacment: I-8 / 320 cu in
Horsepower: 120
Brakes: Vacuum power
Ride control
Bijur automatic oiling system
3-Speed syncromesh transmission
Auto Choke
Mileage: 52,000
Total built: 5,120
Weight: 4,430#
Cost new: $2,580.00
Press L, then press F11
Sandro Botticelli
Italian 1445-1510
Tempera, oil, and gold on wood panel
Private collection (ex Paul Allen collection)
Botticelli's depiction of the Madonna and Child with angels is a masterpiece of both composition and symbolism.
Painted in the tondo (round) format, Madonna of the Magnificat exhibits a series of harmonious curvilinear forms.
The Madonna gracefully bends forward over Christ, embracing him with her arms and torso, while at the left, a standing angel dressed in rich carmine leans lovingly over two kneeling angels, enclosing them with his right arm.
The dome of heaven, flecked with gold stars, ensconces the holy scene in a perfect circle. The rose motif of the Madonna's throne, the fruit in her left hand, and the window behind her further the symphony of round shapes.
Although less known to viewers today, the iconography in the painting would have been familiar to Florentine audiences, adding depth to the theological interpretation of the picture.
The passages the Madonna inscribes in the book - the
Magnificat on the right page, the Song of Zacharias on
the left - were recited in daily offices and prayers, reminding
the faithful of the incarnation of Christ.
The golden rays extending from the heavens to the Madonna's headdress refer to her status as the Queen of Heaven, while the pomegranate foretells the Child's sacrifice.
Materials: woodblock print. Dimensions: 24 x 36.5 cm. Source: image.invaluable.com/housePhotos/Auktionshaus/64/724064/H.... I
Portrait of a member of the English court inscribed and dated to 1546. This was once asserted to be Mary Tudor, Henry VIII's eldest daughter and later Mary I of England. Owned by the Viscount De L'Isle in a private collection.
Private collection.
This is (a less than ideal photo of) a new drawing that I've been working on over the winter. I'm not sure if it is finished, but it's close. There is a collector who collects self-portrait drawings who–through my gallery representative, Koplin Del Rio–commissioned me to make a self-portrait. To be honest I have little interest in doing self-portraits (I think the last one I made was around 2004), but it seemed like an interesting thing to do if I could include Temma in it. It is a bit cliche to say, but I have generally found self-portraiture to be a kind of reflection on mortality and that was definitely true with this one, taking almost microscopic note of my 61 year old visage.
The "watercolor" quilt on the wall was made by my sister Amy Grubbs Moore and it's fortuitous appearance in the drawing (which I spent a couple months thinking about in terms of location and set-up) was almost a coincidence.
Currently I don't have a title other than "Temma with her father and the quilt made for her by her aunt Amy" (which actually might end up being the title), so if you have suggestions for titles I would appreciate hearing them.
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