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Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle — Maria Sibylla Merian. Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle, 1693. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle

by Maria Sibylla Merian

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Artist: Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647–1717 (active Holland))
Date: 1693
Medium: Watercolor, white gouache, on vellum
Dimensions: sheet: 14 x 10 5/16 in. (35.5 x 26.2 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Purchase, Guy Wildenstein Gift, 2012
Accession no.: 2012.83

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