New: Artnap New Tab for Chrome. A museum painting in every new tab. Add to Chrome

Watercolor study of two caterpillars, a chrysalis in a leaf, and a green mayfly on a pale background.

Download free HD

Standard HD

2,500 × 1,518 px · JPG

This file is 2,500 pixels on the long side, with no account and no watermark. The page also names the museum that holds the work and gives its medium.

Download

Master Pro

9,103 × 5,527 px · full resolution

Download
Print sizes ProA5 to 50 × 70 cm · up to 300 dpi
Paper sizeOrientationQualityFile
A5Landscape300 dpiPrepare file
A4Landscape300 dpiPrepare file
A3Landscape300 dpiPrepare file
A2Landscape300 dpiPrepare file
5 × 7 inLandscape300 dpiPrepare file
8 × 10 inLandscape300 dpiPrepare file
11 × 14 inLandscape300 dpiPrepare file
16 × 20 inLandscape300 dpiPrepare file
18 × 24 inLandscape300 dpiPrepare file
24 × 36 inLandscape200+ dpiPrepare file
30 × 40 cmLandscape300 dpiPrepare file
50 × 70 cmLandscape200+ dpiPrepare file

A print-ready JPG or TIFF in sRGB with the color profile embedded, made from the museum master and never enlarged.

PaletteShow the 3 main colors of this work

Select a color to copy its hex code

All 3 colors in one file, ready to load as swatches in Adobe, Procreate, GIMP or Krita, or as CSS variables.

Palette file

Credit this image

Zwei Raupen, eine Puppe und eine Eintagsfliege, Rochus van Veen (1679), Städel Museum. Via artnap.com

Why is this public domain? The Städel Museum lists this work as public domain.

About this work

A small watercolor on paper shows two caterpillars, a chrysalis partly enclosed in a leaf, and a green mayfly with transparent wings, each isolated on a pale ground. The work is a drawing by Rochus van Veen dated 1679 and held by the Städel Museum, with the artist's name and date inscribed in the lower left corner.

File page on Wikimedia Commons