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

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

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.