Minneapolis Institute of Art
Blue Butterflies and Foliage
After Maria Sibylla Merian; Engraver: Pieter Sluyter (Sluiter)
- Date
- 1705–71
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching and engraving
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
The butterfly shown resting and in flight is the Morpho menelaus (Linnaeus), a species Merian described as a …most beautiful butterfly…looking like polished silver overlaid with the loveliest ultramarine, green and purple, and indescribably beautiful; its beauty cannot be rendered with the paint-brush. Netherlands, Europe
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