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42 artworks. Compare how artists drew it, or what it meant to them.

Style 1 24

Butterfly
1820s, 1830s
Smithsonian
Butterfly
Mary Altha Nims (American, 1817–1907) · 1800s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Textile Design: A Butterfly
1800s, 1830s
Smithsonian
Butterfly
1820s, 1830s
Smithsonian
Papilio demodocus (Citrus or Christmas butterfly) on an unidentified plant
1777-10 - 1786-03
Rijksmuseum
butterfly
tundmatu kunstnik (autor)
Tartu Art Museum
Butterfly over Water
Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900 · 1880s, 1860s
Smithsonian
Three Butterflies
c. 1683 - c. 1726
Rijksmuseum
Blue Morpho Butterfly on a Yellow Flower
1696
Rijksmuseum
Rose Bush and Butterfly
Mary Altha Nims (American, 1817–1907) · 1800s
Cleveland Museum of Art
Butterfly Weather Vane
Hazel Hyde · c. 1938
National Gallery of Art
Butterfly, Moth and Bumblebee
c. 1700
Rijksmuseum
Plate 6: Two Views of a Mourning Cloak (Camberwell Beauty) Butterfly with a Comma Butterfly
Joris Hoefnagel · c.1575/1590s
National Gallery of Art
Cat's Claw (Mimosa circinalis)
Mark Catesby · published 1731-1743
National Gallery of Art
En eksotisk dagsommerfugl
Holsteyn (I), Pieter · 1600-1700
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Swallow-Tailed Butterfly and Twelve Other Insects, from Diversae Insectorum...Figurae
Wenceslaus Hollar · after 1644
Art Institute of Chicago
Le Blessé
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786; Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786; Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777 · 1750s
Smithsonian
Lifecycle of the night peacock butterfly
after 1679
Rijksmuseum
THÉATRE ITALIEN
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786; Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786; Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777 · 1750s
Smithsonian
La Brouette
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786; Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777; Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777 · 1750s
Smithsonian
Gray Bird on Branch with Tulip, Snapdragons, and Forget-Me-Nots with Butterfly
1800s, 1830s
Smithsonian
LE BATELEUR
Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786; Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin, French, 1721–1786; Étienne Fessard, French, 1714–1777 · 1750s
Smithsonian
To studier af en tidselfugl (vanessa cardui l.)
Holsteyn (I), Pieter · 1600-1700
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Cherries and Butterflies
1820s, 1830s
Smithsonian

Style 2 7

Butterfly 1 [Exlibris]
Kutri, Hatice Nermin · 2017
Public Library - Ruse
Nose Ornament
Moche · 100–500 CE
Art Institute of Chicago
Untitled Valentine (Butterfly in Heart)
Unknown Artist · 1850/60
Art Institute of Chicago
Insekt
Skovgaard, Joakim; Skovgaard, P.C. · 1865-1870
SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
Ex Libris with a Butterfly and Dragonfly
Félix-Hilaire Buhot · 1877
National Gallery of Art
Butterfly 2 [Exlibris]
Kutri, Hatice Nermin · 2017
Public Library - Ruse
butterfly on wheels
Estonia · 1970
Tallinn City Museum

Style 3 6

Rokvlinder
Netherlands
Amsterdam Museum
Rokvlinder
Netherlands
Amsterdam Museum
Pappersklipp, Butterfly 1
Xiyadie · 2001
Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities
Fjäril
Färdig, Oscar
Bohuslän Museum
Butterfly Pendant
China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95) · 1735–95
Cleveland Museum of Art
Lid for a Box with Butterfly
Seifū Yohei I (Japanese, 1801–1861) · 1855–57
Cleveland Museum of Art

Style 4 3

Butterfly (recto); Fragment of Butterfly (verso)
James McNeill Whistler · 1898/99
Art Institute of Chicago
Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler · 1898/99
Art Institute of Chicago
Butterfly
James McNeill Whistler · 1898/99
Art Institute of Chicago

Named in the museum's description 2

The butterfly is small, hidden or only part of the story in these works, so they're shown whole.

fir leaf: butterfly
Estonia · 1921
Estonian History Museum
Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)
Claude Monet · c. 1858
Art Institute of Chicago