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De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen, Asia, Africa en America pl36 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Delicate wings unfurl in precise engravings—Asian, African, and American butterflies pinned to the page, their intricate patterns preserved like secrets. Each specimen whispers of distant forests and unseen skies, a silent migration across continents captured in ink.
De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen, Asia, Africa en America pl44 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Delicate wings unfurl in precise detail—vibrant patterns etched with scientific rigor. Each specimen, a fleeting glimpse of Asia’s hidden flutter, preserved in ink. The lines trace veins like rivers on a map, charting nature’s ephemeral beauty.
Foreign butterflies occurring in the three continents Asia, Africa and America Pl.069 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Delicate wings unfurl across continents—vibrant patterns from Asia, Africa, and America preserved in precise lines. Each curve and spot maps a fleeting life, pinned not by science alone but by wonder.
Foreign butterflies occurring in the three continents Asia, Africa and America Pl.398 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Vibrant wings unfold across continents—Asia’s delicate patterns, Africa’s bold hues, America’s intricate designs. Each butterfly, a fleeting visitor, pinned to the page yet alive with color. The world’s far corners meet in these paper-thin specimens, their silent flight preserved in ink and line.
Foreign butterflies occurring in the three continents Asia, Africa and America Pl.243 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Vibrant wings unfurl across continents—delicate patterns from Asia, bold hues of Africa, and exotic shades of the Americas. Each butterfly, meticulously detailed, carries whispers of distant lands in its fragile symmetry. A silent migration frozen on paper, bridging worlds through the artistry of nature’s fleeting beauty.
Insecta Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera Pl 020 (1879-1915)

Frederick DuCane Godman (English, 1834–1919)

Delicate wings unfurl in precise detail, each vein and spot rendered with scientific clarity. The butterfly’s symmetry is almost unreal, as if pinned between the pages of a hidden world.
Butterfly (1896)

Albert Bierstadt (American, 1830–1902)

Delicate wings unfurl in soft watercolor strokes, each vein and pattern rendered with precision. The butterfly rests lightly, its fragile form balanced between scientific detail and fleeting beauty. A quiet study of nature’s intricate design, alive on the page.
De uitlandsche kapellen voorkomende in de drie waereld-deelen, Asia, Africa en America pl13 (1779-1782)

Pieter Cramer (Dutch, 1721–1776)

Delicate wings unfurl in precise engravings, each vein and spot meticulously recorded. These butterflies, frozen mid-flight, reveal nature’s intricate patterns—a silent dance of color and form across continents.
Five Butterflies (c. 1912)

Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)

Five delicate wings hover in soft washes of color—pale blues, muted yellows, faint pinks—as if caught mid-flight. Their forms blur between realism and dream, each stroke dissolving into the next. Not quite insects, not quite spirits, they drift just beyond reach.