Sheet of Studies of a Dragonfly, Grasshopper, Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles, by Pieter Holsteyn II, about 1636
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Sheet of Studies of a Dragonfly, Grasshopper, Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles

Pieter Holsteyn II (1614 - 1683)

about 1636

Medium
Opaque watercolor and grey wash, with touches of gum arabic, on vellum
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
Unframed: 17.7 × 30.1 cm (6 15/16 × 11 7/8 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
J. Paul Getty Museum, Drawings
Credit line
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Rights
CC0. Digital image courtesy of Getty's Open Content Program, as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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