# Sheet of Studies of Nine Insects

- By: Jan van Kessel (I) (Antwerp, 1626–1679)
- Date: c. 1653 - c. 1661
- Medium: paper, watercolor (paint)
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 95 mm x width 132 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1953-271--b46fc0a03e5b5ab539d71429985405c8)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/NFVeU/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

With an almost scientific sense of accuracy, Jan van Kessel drew various sorts of beetles, flies and butterflies and even a caterpillar on this sheet. He relied on illustrations in scientific books on entomology as well as the actual insects themselves. He did not restrict himself to spectacularly coloured exotic insects, for this drawing also features an ordinary housefly and a small cabbage white butterfly.