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Untitled (The life cycle of the admdiral and another butterfly on bedstraw)

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Date

c.1670-1679

Artist

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=709152

Description

The life cycle of the admdiral and another butterfly on bedstraw, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of European Insects &c'; with examples of caterpillars and chrysalises, a leafy stem with white berries at centre, three butterflies above. Watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

© Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Tags

Insects
Butterflies

Category

Glossary
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