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Untitled (The life cycle of a moth)

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Date

c.1701-1705

Description

The life cycle of a moth, with a snake, from an album of 91 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of Surinam Insects &c'; with examples of pupae, chrysalis, caterpillar on a plant with star-shaped leaves. Watercolour, touched with bodycolour, with pen and black ink, heightened with white, on vellum.

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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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Location

Suriname

Country

Suriname

Medium

Watercolour