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Untitled (Cerasus major fructus)

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Date

c.1691-1699

Description

Cerasus major fructus[. ?], depicting the life cycle of the moth, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of European Insects &c'; with examples of three caterpillars and chrysalises on a sprig of foliage with cherries, chrysalises 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