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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Plate 8
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Plate 8

Artist Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 - 1717)
Date1705
MediumEngraving, hand colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Kevin and Margaret Harrington
Object number2010.27.2
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionA yellow caterpillar (Opsiphanes butterfly? [Nymphalidae, Satyrinae]) with crowned head and forked tail, pupa, and two butterflies (Nymphalidae? [Hamadryas ainome]) on a plant with green leaves and white-purple flowers. Plate 8 from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium", Amsterdam, 1705.
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
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Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Plate 54
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Plate 61
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Plate 67
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Plate 44
Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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Maria Sibylla Merian
1705
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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Anonymous
1719
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
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Mori Yuzan
dated 1903
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
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Jerry Uelsmann
1983
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista
Hand Warmer
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Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) 18th century

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