Five Butterflies, a Moth and Two Beetles
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Butterflies and Insects, Muscarum Scarabeorum: Set of twelve plates (New Hollstein 913-924)
Artist: Wenceslaus Hollar
Artist bio: Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Bohemian
Date: 1646
Medium: Etching; first state of three
Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (8 × 11.8 cm)
Sheet: 3 7/16 × 4 15/16 in. (8.8 × 12.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession year: 1926
Tags: Insects|Butterflies