A delicate drawing in watercolor of 2 pale pink roses on a stone ledge, attached to a leafy branch. In the lower left corner is a black and red beetle. In the middle left, a colorful butterfly alights on the end of a branch that sticks up in the air; it is depicted sideways, with wings straight up and its head facing toward the middle of the artwork. Above it, in the farther background, is a red or orange butterfly or moth in flight. On each side of the colorful butterfly are tiny winged insects. In about the middle of the painting, sitting on the same branch as the colorful butterfly and facing it, is a larger winged insect - maybe a dragonfly? - depicted from the side. On the right half of the work, above the rose leaves, is another butterfly, this one orange and black, with its head pointed down toward the leaves and its wings spread in flight. The artist's signature is on the face of the ledge near the lower right corner of the work: "Margareta D Heer Fecit."
Roses and Butterflies, c. 1650, by #MargarethaDeHeer (#MargaretaDeHeer; Dutch, 1603–1665). Held at the Stedelijke Kunstverzameling; source, www.facebook.com/female.artis... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
