© Trustees of the British Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
© Trustees of the British Museum | Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Untitled (The life cycle of the butterfly)

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From the Collection

Description

The life cycle of the butterfly, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'Merian's Drawings of European Insects &c'; with examples of a caterpillar, chrysalis and two butterflies, with eggs on a lower stem of a plant. Watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum.

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

© Trustees of the British Museum

From the Watercolour World

Location

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Country

Netherlands

Medium

Watercolour