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

Plate 67

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 number2010.29.3

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionOne brown and white caterpillar, one blue and white striped caterpillar, two cocoons, one brown and white moth, and one brown and blue moth crawl on a plant with a light brown, woody stem and green leaves. Plate 67 from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium", Amsterdam, 1705.