A Branch of Gooseberries with a Dragonfly, an Orange-Tip Butterfly, and a Caterpillar

Barbara Dietzsch, mid-18th century

This painting shows a thorny branch with round berries and small green leaves. The berries range from pale green to yellow to rich reddish-brown, with thin pale veins running through them. A butterfly, a caterpillar,… · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: Barbara Dietzsch ¹
Date: mid-18th century ¹
Medium: gouache over graphite on prepared paper ¹
Original: 3,602 × 5,054 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

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