Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of August 2026
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
With an extremely fine brush, the artist used a magnifying glass to draw the minute details of these insects, using watercolor and opaque watercolor, and gum arabic to create sheen.
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Jan van Kessel — Insects, Butterflies, and a Dragonfly
Maria Sibylla Merian (German, active Netherlands, 1647–1717)
Jan van Kessel the Elder — Study of Butterfly and Insects
Wenceslaus Hollar — Six insects
Rochus van Veen — Various Insects by a Fungus
Wenceslaus Hollar — Dragonflies and a bumble bee
Jan Vincentsz van der Vinne|Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne —
Jan van Kessel — Insects, Butterflies, and a Grasshopper
Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century — A Great Green Bush Cricket 
Anonymous, Dutch, 17th century|Rochus van Veen — Studies of 
Joris Hoefnagel — Insects and the Head of a Wind God
Maria Sibylla Merian|Georg Flegel — Studies of Fruits, Insec