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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Plate 54
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Plate 54

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 Peter Descorcy
Object number2010.29.1
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DescriptionA green plant with small red flowers and one spiky yellow caterpillar, one smooth yellow caterpillar, three cocoons, one blue moth, and one tan moth on it. A yellowjacket hornet flies nearby. Plate 54 from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium", Amsterdam, 1705.
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