Insect on Viburnum
A spotted beetle rests on a branch of pale leaves, with round, creamy fruit and red-stemmed twigs. Ink outlines are lightly washed with red and grey on a plain sheet beside a column of Chinese calligraphy.
Look closer: Fine hatched shading on the beetle's spotted wing cover and its thin legs
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1700–1750
- Medium
- Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 2564 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1750).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund