Flower branches with insects, Chinese flowers and insects, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 5, 6, Flower branches with various insects, including a fly, beetle, and moth. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1727 - 1775, unknown, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 167 mm x width 244 mm, flowers, Chinese, insects: butterfly, insects: fly, A rectangular sheet with a thin double-lined border contains detailed black ink drawings of various insects and flowering plants arranged across the page; visible insects include a beetle with textured body and spiky legs, a patterned moth with folded wings, a dragonfly shown in profile with elongated body and veined wings, smaller flies and beetles in different positions, and clustered floral arrangements featuring stems, layered petals, rounded leaves, and buds, all rendered in fine line work and shading on a pale background.
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Flower branches with insects, Chinese flowers and insects, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 5, 6, Flower branches with various insects, including a fly, beetle, and moth. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1727 - 1775, unknown, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 167 mm x width 244 mm, flowers, Chinese, insects: butterfly, insects: fly, A rectangular sheet with a thin double-lined border contains detailed black ink drawings of various insects and flowering plants arranged across the page; visible insects include a beetle with textured body and spiky legs, a patterned moth with folded wings, a dragonfly shown in profile with elongated body and veined wings, smaller flies and beetles in different positions, and clustered floral arrangements featuring stems, layered petals, rounded leaves, and buds, all rendered in fine line work and shading on a pale background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Flower branches insects Chinese flowers print album page ornamental print Series number 5 6 various insects fly beetle moth Print part album printmaker Pieter Schenk Ii Amsterdam Leipzig 1727 - 1775 unknown grantor privilege paper etching height 167 mm x width 244 mm flowers Chinese butterfly rectangular sheet thin double-lined border contains detailed black ink drawings flowering plants arranged across page visible include textured body spiky legs patterned moth folded wings dragonfly shown profile elongated body veined wings smaller flies beetles different positions clustered floral arrangements featuring stems layered petals rounded leaves buds rendered fine line work shading pale background

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