Flora and Fauna from the Miocene Cenozoic Period. Evolution of Continental Life on Earth

What you see

Two slender trees cross at the center like a giant X, framing the landscape. Two monkeys climb in their branches, and on the left a small squirrel-like creature peers out from the leaves. Below opens a lake dotted with water lilies; on the far shore stand several animals, among them a large one resembling a tapir.

A bluish lilac haze dissolves the distant rocks and trees, while those in front have crisp outlines and leaves painted one by one. Seek out the frog perched on a lily pad, the dark shape of a reptile-like animal in the water at lower left, and the painter's signature in the corner.