Branch of a fig tree (Ficus carica) with metamorphosis of fig sphinx (Pachylia ficus), and Pachylia syces moth, Maria reimagined

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Branch of a fig tree (Ficus carica) with metamorphosis of fig sphinx (Pachylia ficus), and Pachylia syces moth, Maria Sybilla Meriaen Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten, Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717, Sluyter, Peter, 1645-1722, Transfer engraving, hand-colored, 1719, From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), Dutch edition. Moth (top, sitting): Pachylia syces (Cramer). Sphingidae. Reimagined by Gibon. Classic art with a modern twist

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Size: 3293px × 5064px
Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1645-1722, 1647-1717, 1719, branch, carica, de, der, en, engraving, ficus, fig, hand-colored, insecten, maria, meriaen, merian, metamorphosis, moth, pachylia, peter, sibylla, sluyter, sphinx, surinaemsche, sybilla, syces, transfer, tree, veranderingen, voortteeling, wonderbaerlyke