• Mourning cloak butterfly by Joris Hoefnagel print framed above a sofa in a living room
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Antique Butterfly Print - Mourning Cloak by Hoefnagel

Antique Butterfly Print - Mourning Cloak by Hoefnagel

$11.99 USD
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🖨️ Made to order in 3–4 business days 🚚 US delivery est. Nov 12–Nov 21 📦 Free US shipping on $49+ 🇺🇸 Printed in the USA 🛡️ Free replacement or refund if damaged🖼️ Unframed · fits standard frames
Artwork source: Public domain (Two Views of a Mourning Cloak (Camberwell Beauty) Butterfly, plate VI, The Four Elements: Ignis, Joris Hoefnagel, c. 1575-1590) - National Gallery of Art 69735 · View the original. Reproduced in full from an archival scan of the public-domain original — not redrawn, not AI-generated.

For the one who spots the first butterfly of spring: the velvety brown mourning cloak, shown open and closed beside a little comma butterfly, plate VI from The Four Elements (Ignis), the album of insects Joris Hoefnagel painted on vellum for the Holy Roman Emperor (c. 1575-1590). This print reproduces the original watercolor and gouache on vellum, now in the public domain, from a high-resolution scan by the National Gallery of Art (Open Access).

Why you'll love it
• Rich chocolate-brown wings edged in cream
• A warm, earthy piece for a study or living room
• A gift for a naturalist or a woodland lover

Print details
• Landscape (horizontal) print
• 200gsm matte poster paper, archival inks
• Sizes: 14x11, 18x12, 24x16, 30x20, 36x24 inches
• Painted on vellum around 1575-1590; sharpest up to 30x20, the 36x24 size keeps a softer, painterly look
• Unframed - fits standard frames

Production & shipping
• Made to order: 3-4 business days
• Shipping: 3-8 business days in the US (6-12 business days total); 10-15 business days to the UK (Europe, Canada and Australia coming soon)
• Free shipping on orders $49+ (USD or equivalent) to every country we deliver to

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