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Sheet of Studies with Five Butterflies, a Wasp, and Two Flies
Pieter Withoos, c. 1680 - c. 1692
Drawings of butterflies like this sheet by Pieter Withoos of Amersfoort are devoid of any scientific pretensions. The artist may not have even known the names of the mounted specimens he was representing. He was more interested in creating a beautiful composition and alternating contrasting coloured insects, such as the blue and yellow-orange butterflies in this drawing.
- Artwork typedrawing, aquarel
- Object numberRP-T-1900-A-4433
- Dimensionsheight 222 mm x width 333 mm
- Physical characteristicswatercolour, with opaque watercolour and silver ink, over traces of graphite