Insects in Art

Shō

Coin cabinet

Martin-Guillaume Biennais|Charles Percier|François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter|baron Dominique Vivant Denon, ca. 1809–19

Jacket

Brooch

Jaques & Marcus, ca. 1882–92

Vase

Emile Gallé, ca. 1880–85

Fanciful depiction of a cicada

Anonymous, German, 19th century, after 1862

Hives with Wasps, and a Box with a Spoon for Honey

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Box

Jean-Joseph Barrière, 1765–66

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

백자 청화 꽃 곤충 무늬 항아리 조선|白磁靑畫花蟲文壺 朝鮮|Jar decorated with flowers and insects

Dish

A Caterpillar

Jan Vincentsz van der Vinne|Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne, late 17th century

A Great Green Bush Cricket (Tettigorica viridissima Linneaeus), A Clioniona Spider, and a Beetle

Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century, 17th century (?)

Reverse Copy of Design for a Pendant, from Ars His Myronis Nobilis Effingitus Pagellulis

Paul Birckenhultz, ca. 1600

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Hair Ornament

동제 벌레 무늬 장식 고려|銅製 蟲文 裝飾 高麗|Ornament with insect

Spider Ornament

Spider

Design Amulet in the Form of a Fly

画本虫撰|Picture Book of Crawling Creatures (The Insect Book) (Ehon mushi erami)

Kitagawa Utamaro, probably 1823 (later edition)

Ceramic Jar with Ivory Lid

Eiraku Hozen, 1820

Worm on Green Leaved Plant

Shibata Zeshin

Calabash Flowers and Beetle

Maruyama Ōshin, early 19th century

Various Moths and Butterflies

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Dish

Vase with cover

Chantilly, ca. 1740–45

Collar

Two Birds and a Cricket

Flanders, late 17th century

Vase

Five Butterflies, a Moth and Two Beetles

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Moth and three butterflies

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

清康熙　景德鎮窯青花山水庭園瓶|Vase with landscape, flowers, and gardens

Plate with Lion Design

Blackwork Design for Goldsmithwork with a Putto, Birds and Insects

Mathais Beitler, 1612

Essempio di recammi, page 12 (recto)

Giovanni Antonio di Nicolini da Sabio e i fratelli|Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, 1530

Grasshopper on Rock

Wen Liang, 15th century

Broadsheet relating to the American Mosquito with verse critical of U.S. imperialism

Antonio Vanegas Arroyo|José Guadalupe Posada, 1908

Sleeve Band

Midsummer Night's Dream

William Shakespeare|Paul Konewka|William H. Morse|Roberts Brothers, [1870]

Round dish with fighting lizard and snake

Manuel Mafra, 1865–87

Lacquer Samples

Sleeve Band

나전 칠 봉황 꽃 벌레 무늬 상자 조선|螺鈿漆 鳳凰花蟲文 箱子 朝鮮|Box decorated with phoenixes, floral scrolls, and insects

A Tit Bit for the Bugs

Thomas Rowlandson|S. W. Fores|George Murgatroyd Woodward, May 25, 1793

Sauceboat

Bow Porcelain Factory, ca. 1770

Botanical plate with a tropical specimen

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, ca. 1755