This is a drawing of an ornate entomological illustration centered around a flea. The central subject features a flea with a segmented body, legs, and antennae, placed within a diamond-shaped frame. Encasing this central diamond is an elaborate border of floral motifs and acanthus-like leaves, with stylized human-like faces at the corners. The artwork is in sepia tone, giving it a vintage appearance. The design is symmetrical.
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Meister Floh. Ein Marchen in sieben Abentheuern zweier Freunde (Master Flea: A Fairy-Tale in Seven Adventures of Two Friends

Karl Friedrich Thiele (German, 1780 - 1836)

author Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (German, 1776 - 1822)

1822

Medium
bound volume with two etching and aquatints printed in brown on the covers
Classification
Volume
Dimensions
book: 18.6 × 12.4 × 2 cm (7 5/16 × 4 7/8 × 13/16 in.)
Culture
German
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
William B. O'Neal Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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