Browse more Fine Art Prints
Pineapple with Cockroaches
Browse more Fine Art Prints
Illustration from the first edition of Maria Sibylla Merian's pioneering Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705), a compilation of sixty elaborate engravings of New World plants, animals, and insects. Merian had travelled to Dutch Surinam in 1699 to study and record the tropical insects, a trip she self-funded, an unusual practice at the time, especially for a woman. (Source: Smithsonian Libraries via Biodiversity Heritage Library)
- Butterfly's Tongue Arthur E. Smith
- Fly, Caterpillar, Pear, and Centipede Joris Hoefnagel
- European Columbines and Sweet Cherry Joris Hoefnagel
- Fly Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Butterfly Wing Scales Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt
- Pineapple with Australian and German Cockroaches Maria Sibylla Merian
- Branch of a Fig with Sphinx Moths Maria Sibylla Merian
- Ovipositor of a Female Fly Adam Wolfgang Winterschmidt