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Untitled (The life cycle of the butterfly and the moth)

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Date

c.1691-1699

Description

The life cycle of the butterfly and the moth, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of European Insects &c'; with examples of a caterpillar and a chrysalis on a sprig of blossom with purple berries, the stages of moths and a fly below. Watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Country

Netherlands

Medium

Watercolour