A tulip, a butterfly of the species Arctia caja (garden tiger moth), and a beetle (possibly a longhorn)ca. 1750-60
Barbara Regina Dietzsch painted this in about 1750-60, aged about 34. It is now at The Met in New York. More about this work
About this work
Barbara Regina Dietzsch painted this in about 1750-60, aged about 34. It is now at The Met in New York.
How it was made
- Watercolour
- Pigment in gum arabic, thinned with water and laid in transparent washes. Nothing white is painted: the light is the paper showing through.
Barbara Regina Dietzsch
German, 1706–1783 · Born and died in Nuremberg.
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Met has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 2024.114
- Credit
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Type
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
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