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A Green Plover by Maria Sibylla Merian — VisualArtsDB

A Green Plover

A Green Plover

Maria Sibylla Merian

Medium: Watercolor on vellum
Dimensions: 31 x 25.5 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)
Genre: Drawings
Museum: Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, US

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from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLVIII

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