Great Blue Butterflies and Red Fruits, 1705-1771
Hand-colored etching and engravingexpand_more
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van DerLip Fund, 1966expand_more P.18,714
Not on Viewexpand_more
Large, colorful insects such as this blue Morpho deidamia (Hüber) were highly prized by early natural history collectors. Merian illustrated the insects on a branch of the Barbados Cherry, a plant native to Suriname.
Details
- Title
- Great Blue Butterflies and Red Fruits
- Artist Life
- 1647-1717
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.18,714
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Nissen: 1342; Cat. Ger. Nat'l. Museum, 1967
- Curator Approved
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