Title: The Dutch Microscopist Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1734–1802
Artist:  Gaetano Gandolfi 
Artist bio: Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734–1802 Bologna
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Pen and black and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash; framing lines in pen and 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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Portraits, term: Insects