Drawing, album, Maria Sibylla Merian, 1691-1699 (circa)

The life cycle of the moth and the butterfly, from an album of 160 drawings entitled 'merian's drawings of european insects &c'; with examples of a caterpillar hanging from a leaf on a sprig of foliage with redcurrants and another on a young shoot below at r, chrysalises and flies surrounding watercolour and bodycolour, on vellum. Date: 1691-1699 (circa). Dimensions: Height: 264 mm; Width: 269 mm. Medium: wool. Collection: British Museum. Drawing, album (BM SL,5276.113)

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