Belly-ache bush (Jatropha gossypifolia) with metamorphosis of a giant sphinx moth (Cocytius antaeus), Maria Sybilla reimagined

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Belly-ache bush (Jatropha gossypifolia) with metamorphosis of a giant sphinx moth (Cocytius antaeus), Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, Mulder, Joseph, b. 1659 or 60, Transfer engraving, hand-colored, 1719, From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), Dutch edition. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist

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Size: 4364px × 6605px
Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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