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Joseph Wolf (22 January 1820 [1] – 20 April 1899) was a German artist who specialized in natural history illustration. He moved to the British Museum in 1848 and became the preferred illustrator for explorers and naturalists including David Livingstone , Alfred Russel Wallace and Henry Walter Bates .
The Wolf and Fox Hunt (c. 1616) by Rubens The Wolf and Fox Hunt is an oil-on-canvas painting by Peter Paul Rubens , executed c. 1616, now held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . It shows mounted and walking hunters chasing two wolves and three foxes.
Wolf Dieter Prix is an Austrian ... Blue Universe. Transforming Models into Pictures. Architectural Projects by COOP HIMMELB (L) AU. ... Wolf dPrix: Sketches 1967 ...
Drawing by Gunnar Creutz. Odin and Fenris (1909) by Dorothy Hardy. Fenrir (Old Norse 'fen-dweller') [3] or Fenrisúlfr (Old Norse "Fenrir's wolf", often translated "Fenris-wolf"), [4] also referred to as Hróðvitnir (Old Norse "fame-wolf") [5] and Vánagandr (Old Norse 'monster of the [River] Ván'), [6] is a monstrous wolf in Norse mythology.
A horned, wolf-like creature called the Calopus or Chatloup was at one time connected with the Foljambe and Cathome family. Modernly, the coat of arms of the secular separatists in Chechnya bore the wolf, because the wolf is the Chechen (or Ichkerian) nation's national embodiment. The Islamists later removed it, and the Russian-sponsored ruling ...
Elaborating on the connection between wolves and figures of great power, he writes: "This is why Geri and Freki, the wolves at Woden's side, also glowered on the throne of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Wolf-warriors, like Geri and Freki, were not mere animals but mythical beings: as Woden's followers they bodied forth his might, and so did wolf-warriors."
An MGM Wolf appeared as a Hollywood swinger in Red Hot Riding Hood and a foe against Droopy. Moro Princess Mononoke: The Goddess of Wolves. Mr. Bumble Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist: An old, brown wolf who is the master of the workhouse. Mr. Wolf The Bad Guys: A pickpocket gray wolf and the leader of the "Bad Guys" gang. Ralph Wolf: Looney ...
The wolf drawings were taken from a book illustrated by Yoshitoshi's teacher, Kuniyoshi. [59] Japanese wolf mounted in Ueno Zoo, Japan (Wakayama University possession) In the Shinto belief, the ōkami ("wolf") is regarded as a messenger of the kami spirits and also offers protection against crop raiders such as the wild boar and deer.