na 1679
Medium
opaque and transparent watercolour, over traces of graphite, on vellum
Dimensions
h 192mm × w 155mm
Collection
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Materials
parchment (animal material); watercolor (paint); gouache (paint)
Object Type
drawing
Subject Matter
fruits: cherry; insects: cocoon; insects: caterpillar; insects: butterfly
Acquisition Method
purchase
Acquired
1946
Notes
penseel in waterverf en dekverf, over sporen van grafiet, op perkament
Collection Type
drawings
Maria and her daughters, Johanna Helena and Dorothea Maria, were known as unusually enterprising and adventurous women for their time, who greatly influenced the artistic standards of natural history illustration and helped transform the field of entomology. Comment on works: Still Life
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