Drawings
Cassava Root with Garden Tree Boa, Sphinx Moth, and Treehopper
- 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)
