Drawings

Cassava Root with Garden Tree Boa, Sphinx Moth, and Treehopper

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1705
Accession number: 2024.24.8
Maker: Maria Sibylla Merian(Opens in new tab) (German, 1647–1717)
Dimensions: sheet: 19 7/8 × 13 7/8 in. (50.5 × 35.2 cm.) mat: 23 1/4 × 17 in. (59.1 × 43.2 cm.)
Medium: watercolor over counterproof print
Description: Plate 5 from The Insects of Suriname (Amsterdam, 1705)
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of James and Esther Cavanaugh
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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