Great Blue Butterflies and Red Fruits
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching and engraving
- Dimensions
- 15 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (38.74 x 28.58 cm) (sheet)
- Genre
Tags
netherlands
About
Large, colorful insects such as this blue Morpho deidamia (Hüber) were highly prized by early natural history collectors. Merian illustrated the insects on a branch of the Barbados Cherry, a plant native to Suriname.
