MFA Images: InsectsExplore this subject through images from across the MFA's collection./internal/media/dispatcher/1009332/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAlbum of Birds and Flowersfirst half of the 19th centuryArtist unknown, Japanese01.8477.32502419/internal/media/dispatcher/774755/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAlbum of trade cardslate 19th centuryVarious artists1981.465175546/internal/media/dispatcher/852334/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailAnchor, Dragonfly and Cherry BlossomsArtist unknown, Japanese2002.4520414700/internal/media/dispatcher/978218/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBellflower and Dragonfly, from an untitled series known as Large Flowersabout 1833–34 (Tenpō 4–5)Katsushika Hokusai11.17591209494/internal/media/dispatcher/1593537/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBellflower and Dragonfly, from an untitled series known as Large Flowersabout 1833–34 (Tenpō 4–5)Katsushika Hokusai21.6680234343/internal/media/dispatcher/905829/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailBrisé fanabout 18801976.288125075/internal/media/dispatcher/1192926/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterfliesabout 1914Edna Boies Hopkins48.89892247/internal/media/dispatcher/923836/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterfliesUtagawa Hiroshige I21.7861235480/internal/media/dispatcher/1001035/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterflies above a flowering plantabout 1760Shen Quan67.72330099/internal/media/dispatcher/759080/resize%25253Aformat%25253Dthumbnail"Butterflies and Foliage" window1889John La Farge38.95438693/internal/media/dispatcher/804461/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterflies (from an unidentified series)Saitō Shōshū2002.1106394487/internal/media/dispatcher/847970/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterfly1906Artist unidentified, Japanese2002.2294412222/internal/media/dispatcher/873593/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterfly and Flower Vine possibly from the series Postcards of Birds and Flowers (Kachô ehagaki)about 1905Ôta Nangaku2003.593411079/internal/media/dispatcher/735907/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterfly and Morning Glorymid–1880sOka Fuhō (Baikei)11.640025617/internal/media/dispatcher/852289/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailButterfly with Flower Motifsinscribed 1906Artist unknown, Japanese2002.4475414655/internal/media/dispatcher/941728/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDandelions and ButterfliesTani Bunchō21.9299236918/internal/media/dispatcher/780230/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDiversae Insectarum Volatilium icones ad vivum accuratissime depictae...1630Jacob Hoefnagel1970.282173517/internal/media/dispatcher/1712647/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDiversae Insectarum Volatilium icones ad vivum accuratissime depictae...1630Jacob Hoefnagel1970.292173540/internal/media/dispatcher/805898/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDragonflyArtist unidentified, Japanese2002.1434394561/internal/media/dispatcher/1046885/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDragonfly (Akitsu) from the series Sunbikai Cards by Gyokusho (Gyokusho sunga)Kawabata Gyokushō2003.583411069/internal/media/dispatcher/922306/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDragon fly and blossoming pea vineabout 1760Shen Quan67.71730093/internal/media/dispatcher/1009311/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDragonfly and Grapes from the album Birds and Flowersfirst half of the 19th centuryArtist unknown, Japanese01.8477.11502398/internal/media/dispatcher/1009950/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailDragon Fly from Ehagaki sekai1908Artist unknown, Japanese2002.1662398299/internal/media/dispatcher/983209/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailEhon mushi erami (Picture Book of Selected Insects)1788 (Tenmei 8)Kitagawa Utamaro I2003.248.1-2401306/internal/media/dispatcher/851061/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFairy with Violets on Blue BackgroundArtist unknown, Japanese2002.4395414567/internal/media/dispatcher/972553/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFlowers, Butterfly, and Book17th centuryUnidentified artist, French, 17th century47.125233122/internal/media/dispatcher/591534/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailFly ornamentsabout 1700–1550 B.C.20.1775a142893/internal/media/dispatcher/736623/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailGoat and bee cream jugabout 1745–49Chelsea Manufactory1988.70154403/internal/media/dispatcher/735637/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHollyhocks and Butterflieslatter half of the 17th centuryKano Tōun Masunobu11.424124728/internal/media/dispatcher/1188623/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailA Horned Beetle and a Yellow Jacketlate 19th centuryShibata Zeshin28.84729024/internal/media/dispatcher/1009319/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailHydrangeas from the album Birds and Flowersfirst half of the 19th centuryArtist unknown, Japanese01.8477.19502406/internal/media/dispatcher/964973/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKanamono in the form of a cricket on two chestnutsmid-19th centuryKōno Haruaki11.2404412643/internal/media/dispatcher/917686/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKanamono in the form of a grasshopper, with backplatemid to late 19th century (before 1889)11.565710184/internal/media/dispatcher/917617/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKanamono in the form of five dragonfliesmid to late 19th century11.24039215830/internal/media/dispatcher/917726/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailKanamono in the form of two grasshoppers with hibiscus, valerian, daisies and other plantsmid to late 19th century (before 1890)Toryusai Toshimune11.570010226/internal/media/dispatcher/735610/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailLillies and Praying Mantisfirst half of the 18th centuryKano Gyokuen Hidenobu11.419224680/internal/media/dispatcher/964999/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMenuki in the form of a butterflyearly to mid-19th centuryNaomichi11.2469412739/internal/media/dispatcher/941712/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailMoths and Butterflies, from the series A Picturebook of Butterflies (Gunchō gafu)about 1810–18 (late Bunka era)Kubo Shunman21.6204233868/internal/media/dispatcher/858478/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailNew Year's Card: Butterfly "Colias Hyale L." and Fern "Davallia hirsuta"Artist unknown, Japanese2002.8759421313/internal/media/dispatcher/797766/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPair of fly pendants1550–1070 B.C.27.878a-b146378/internal/media/dispatcher/965000/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPair of menuki in the form of a dragonfly and butterflymid to late 19th centuryMatsuo Shigetaka11.24695a12740/internal/media/dispatcher/830174/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPair of menuki in the form of butterfliesearly to mid-19th century11.5248a9750/internal/media/dispatcher/745941/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPeonies, Butterflies and Chinese Rock19th centuryKano Tanshô11.671425883/internal/media/dispatcher/934605/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPinks and ButterflyUtagawa Hiroshige I21.8496236113/internal/media/dispatcher/934606/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailPinks and ButterflyUtagawa Hiroshige I21.8497236114/internal/media/dispatcher/735638/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailRose Mallow, Chrysanthemums, and Dragonflieslatter half of the 17th centuryKano Tōun Masunobu11.4242202327/internal/media/dispatcher/816328/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTsuba with design of dragonfliesearly to mid-19th centuryTetsugendo School11.1230012011/internal/media/dispatcher/810800/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTsuba with design of Taira butterfly19th centuryKaneie11.1180311552/internal/media/dispatcher/922308/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailTwo butterflies above chrysanthemumsabout 1760Shen Quan67.72230098/internal/media/dispatcher/850689/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailViolets and ButterflyArtist unidentified, Japanese2002.3056413127/internal/media/dispatcher/820169/resize%25253Aformat%25253DthumbnailWoman with Butterflies from the series"Gold Color, Silver Paint" (Kin'iro Ginsai)cancelled 1907Hashimoto Kunisuke2002.931398358