😍 Artwork of Conelia de Rijck c.1700 featuring Surinamese insects.

The work of this Dutch female artist enabled many to study in detail the form of insects when the specimens themselves were not available to them

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Painted by Jacques de Gheyn I in
1600, this album was part of the Kunst-und Wunderkammer (cabinet of curiosities) of Emperor Rudolf II, big fan of the natural world

These images are so realistic! Love a mole cricket
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