Art Institute of Chicago
Two Grasshoppers
Herman Henstenburgh
- Date
- c. 1685
- Medium
- Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with pen and brown ink, over traces of graphite, on vellum, laid down on ivory laid paper, with pen and brown ink on paper verso
- Culture
- Holland
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Herman Henstenburgh was one among several Dutch artists who created scientifically accurate descriptions of plants and insects, in this case representing a member of the grasshopper species. The artist chose the relatively expensive support of vellum, a prepared calf’s skin historically used for illuminated manuscripts, to which he applied watercolors and ink over a carefully considered preliminary drawing executed in graphite.
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