Convolvulus and Metamorphosis of the Convolvulus Hawk Moth

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Convolvulus and Metamorphosis of the Convolvulus Hawk Moth, c. 1670–90. watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor over indications in black chalk or graphite on vellum.

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watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor over indications in black chalk or graphite on vellum · Support: 41 x 54.7 x 0.2 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art

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Museum title: Convolvulus and Metamorphosis of the Convolvulus Hawk Moth
Artist: Maria Sibylla Merian (German, active Netherlands, 1647–1717)
Date: c. 1670–90
Medium: watercolor with touches of opaque watercolor over indications in black chalk or graphite on vellum
Dimensions: Support: 41 x 54.7 x 0.2 cm (16 1/8 x 21 9/16 x 1/16 in.); Image: 28.9 x 37.2 cm (11 3/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1647–1717

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Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.