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

Plate 58

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 Lawrence Reed Miller

Object number2010.25.2

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionEnodia anthedon (Pearly-Eye Butterfly) as a caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly resting on a bean-like pod of a species of the Inga, a genus of small tropical trees and shrubs. Plate 58 from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium", Amsterdam, 1705.