A Branch of Gooseberries with a Dragonfly, an Orange-Tip Butterfly, and a Caterpillar
1725-1783
Artist, German, 1706 - 1783

Artwork overview
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Medium
gouache over graphite on prepared paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 28.7 x 20.4 cm (11 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
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Accession
2008.53.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Sotheby's London, 23 January 2008, no. 223); (via David Tunick, Inc., New York); purchased 2008 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2010
German Master Drawings from the National Gallery of Art, 1580-1900, NGA, 2010-2011.
2022
Dare to Know: Prints and Drawings in the Age of Enlightenment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, 2022-2023.
Wikidata ID
Q64537124