Skip to main content
Advanced Search
Arbre de Gomme Cutte. (Gummi Guttae Tree with White Witch, Cocoon, and Caterpillar of Hawk Moth and Drops of Resin) (Plate 20 from Maria Sibylla Merian, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Ofte Verandering...Amsterdam, 1705

Arbre de Gomme Cutte. (Gummi Guttae Tree with White Witch, Cocoon, and Caterpillar of Hawk Moth and Drops of Resin) (Plate 20 from Maria Sibylla Merian, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Ofte Verandering...Amsterdam, 1705

(German, 1647–1717)
(Dutch, born about 1659/1660)
1705
Medium/TechniqueEtching, hand-colored
DimensionsPlatemark: 38.6 x 29 cm (15 3/16 x 11 7/16 in.)
Sheet: 48 x 37 cm (18 7/8 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Stephanie Loeb Stepanek in memory of Rebekah Taube
Accession number2009.2832
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsRecto, etched, l.l: J. Mulder Sculp; etched, b.c: Arbre de gome cutte; etched, l.r: 20
ProvenanceKennedy Galleries, New York, NY (January 12, 1970); to Stephanie Loeb (Stepanek); by whom given to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Accession Date: June 17, 2009)