Rijksmuseum

Gedaanteverwisseling van de nachtpauwoog

Date

after 1679

Medium

parchment (animal material), watercolor (paint), gouache (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Painted on vellum, this depiction may be by Merian’s youngest daughter, Dorothea Maria Gsell. She worked in her mother’s studio, travelled with her to Suriname, and eventually moved to St Petersburg at the invitation of Tsar Peter the Great. There she taught at the Academy of Sciences and was keeper of the natural history collections.

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