The Dutch Microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Gaetano Gandolfi
Artist bio: Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Italian
Date: 1734–1802
Medium: Pen with black and brown ink, brush with brown and gray wash. Framing lines in black ink
Dimensions: 8 x 5 9/16in. (20.3 x 14.1cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Carl L. Selden Gift, in memory of Carl L. Selden, 1987
Accession year: 1987
Tags: Men|Portraits|Insects