Plantain with Metamorphosis of the Bright-Line Brown-Eye Moth / Merian
Plantago major with metamorphosis of Lacanobia oleracea

Maria Sibylla Merian
German, 1679
Watercolor on vellum; study for The Caterpillar Book
7 5/16 x 5 13/16 in. (18.6 x 14.8 cm)
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main