Title: Study of a red catchfly (Lychnis hirsuta)
Object type: Drawing
Date: 1680
Artist:  Herman Saftleven II 
Artist bio: Dutch, Rotterdam 1609–1685 Utrecht
Artist nationality: Dutch
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Watercolor, gum arabic, and white gouache (oxidized to silver) over black chalk
Dimensions: sheet: 7 13/16 x 6 3/16 in. (19.9 x 15.7 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2008
Geography: Country of Origin    The Netherlands      
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Flowers, term: Leaves