Botanical drawing including a moth, caterpillar, and cocoon on a plant with green leaves and yellow flowers; hand colored

Plate 39

Artist Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 - 1717)

Date1705

MediumEngraving, hand colored

DimensionsMat: 22 x 18 in. (55.88 x 45.72 cm)
Paper: 20 5/8 x 14 in. (52.39 x 35.56 cm)
Image: 13 x 9 3/4 in. (33.02 x 24.77 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Lawrence Reed Miller

Object number2010.25.3

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

Visual DescriptionHawkmoth as larva (caterpillar), pupa and silken cocoon, and adult moth on a plant with green leaves and yellow flowers. Plate 39 from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium", Amsterdam, 1705.

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