The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Drawings and Prints
A Poppy in Three Stages of Flowering, with a Caterpillar, Pupa and Butterfly
Johanna Helena Herolt (née Graff)
- Date
- late 17th–early 18th century
- Medium
- Watercolor and gouache over traces of black chalk
- Dimensions
- sheet: 15 3/16 x 11 13/16 in. (38.6 x 30 cm)
- Object type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Object number
- 2005.4
- Credit line
- Purchase, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, Anonymous Gift, in memory of Frits Markus, and Karen B. Cohen Fund, 2005
Artist information
German (active Netherlands and Suriname), Frankfurt before 1668–after 1723 Amsterdam or Suriname
Subjects and terms
- Butterflies
- Poppies
- Leaves
The Met object ID 366733. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.