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Johanna Helena Herolt

A Poppy in Three Stages of Flowering, with a Caterpillar, Pupa and Butterfly

late 17th–early 18th century
Watercolor and gouache over traces of black chalk
38.6 × 30 cm (15.2 × 11.8 in)

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