Insects in Art — Page 7

Case (Inrō) with Design of Cicada on Tree Trunk

Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>) With the Motif of Insects and Autumnal Vegetation (秋草に虫図鐔)

Title Page, "Historiae Naturalis de Insectus, Libri II"

John Jonston, 1657

Partially shorn sheep lying in the grass with insects hovering around its head

Karel Dujardin, 1655

Four Caterpillars and a Snail

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Six insects

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

A moth, three butterflies and two beetles

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Three Butterflies and a Wasp

Wenceslaus Hollar, 1646

Insects, Butterflies, and a Grasshopper

Jan van Kessel, mid-17th–late 17th century

印籠刻昆虫図螺鈿据文象嵌鞘打刀拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (<i>Katana</i>)

A Katydid, a Fly, a Bee, and a Fulgoroid

Joris Hoefnagel|Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Anonymous, Netherlandish, 16th century, 17th century (?)

Blackwork Print with a Symmetric Grotesque Pattern

Claes Jansz. Visscher, ca. 1620

Water Pipe Base

Title Plate from "The Introduction of the Silkworm" [Vermis Sericus]

Philips Galle|Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus|Karel van Mallery, ca. 1595

Two Genii with a Skull and Grasshoppers

Nicolaes de Bruyn|Frederick de Wit, 1594

Frieze with Eleven Birds and an Insect

Jan Collaert I, 1590–1612

Knife Handle (Kozuka)

Sword Guard (Tsuba)

墨林愚庵筆 葡萄蝉図|Cicada on a Grapevine

Bokurin Guan, late 14th century

Cabbage and Insects

Xü Daoguang

Nose Ornament

Earflare with spider

Moche artist(s), 200–900 CE

Terracotta oil lamp

Sard ring stone

Carnelian ring stone

Furniture plaque carved in relief with winged figures, locust, and monkey

Ring of Hatnefer

Broadsheet relating to the American Mosquito with verse critical of American imperialism

José Guadalupe Posada|Antonio Vanegas Arroyo, 1903

Bowl

Case (Inrō) with Design of Cricket and Muskmelon Plants

Tiered Box with Design of Autumn Grasses

Fireflies Over the Uji River by Moonlight

Suzuki Shōnen 鈴木松年

Soup plate (part of a set of three)

Félix Bracquemond|Lebeuf et Milliet|Eugêne Rousseau, 1866–75

Saucer

Irises and Moth

Suzuki Kiitsu, ca. 1850

Design for a Plate

Karl Bodmer, 1825–93

森春渓画　『春渓画譜』|Shunkei Picture Album (Shunkei gafu) 春渓画譜

Mori Shunkei 森春渓, 1820

Sleeve Band

Sleeve Band

Sampler

Sleeve Band

Design for Leather and Netsuke

Kubo Shunman, 19th century

Woman's Informal Jacket with Antiquities in Medallions

Birds, Insects and Flowers

Yi Zhai, 19th century

Case (Inrō) with Design of Crickets

Onko Takanaga (dates unknown), 19th century

Case (Inrō) with Design of Seated Monkey Looking at a Wasp (obverse); Crabs with Fan beside Waves (reverse)

Mori Sosen, 19th century

Case (Inrō) with Design of Flowering Plants with Dragonfly and Insects

Plate