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Citron with a Monkey Slug Moth and a Harlequin Beetle
Maria Sibylla Merian1702/1703
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
A watercolour of a branch of a citron tree (Citrus medica) with the life cycle of a monkey slug moth (Phobetron hipparchia) and a harlequin beetle (Acrocinus longimanus). This is a version of plate 28 in Merian's Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium.
Details
- Title: Citron with a Monkey Slug Moth and a Harlequin Beetle
- Creator: Maria Sibylla Merian
- Date Created: 1702/1703
- Physical Dimensions: 36.1 × 27.8 cm
- Provenance: Dr Richard Mead (1673–1754); his sale (London, Abraham Langford, 13–16 January 1755, lot 66), where purchased by an unknown collector; sold 15 June 1768 (London, Paterson and Eve, lot 572), where purchased by Sir John Hill via Wilson; George III by c.1810
- Rights: Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2021
- Medium: Watercolour, Bodycolour, Vellum, Gum arabic
- Depicted Topic: Fruit, Trees, Moths, Caterpillars, Beetles
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