"I don't know who the mosquito deity was, but I would make offerings to him or her to protect me from bites."
Educator Edie Watts highlights the subtle and surprising instances where bugs are depicted throughout works in The Met collection.
Connections: Bugs
Educator Edie Watts highlights the subtle and surprising instances where bugs are depicted throughout works in The Met collection.
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Louis C. Tiffany
ca. 1904
Shibata Zeshin
second half of the 19th century
Ryūsa
late 18th century
Schiaparelli
Elsa Schiaparelli
summer 1937
Multiple artists/makers
fall/winter 1938–39
Multiple artists/makers
designed 1805, woven 1808–11
Sèvres Manufactory
Léon Kann
1900–1904
Salinar
100 BCE–200 CE
Rurutu or Tupua'I Island
Early–mid-19th century
Sulka people
late 19th–early 20th century
Multiple artists/makers
1870
Petrus Christus
1446
Carlo Crivelli
ca. 1480
ca. 1492–1473 B.C.
ca. 712–332 B.C.