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Insects have found uses in art, as in other aspects of culture, both symbolically and physically, from ancient times. Artforms include the direct usage of beetlewing ( elytra ) in paintings, textiles, and jewellery, as well as the representation of insects in fine arts such as paintings and sculpture.
The Holy Family with the Dragonfly, also known as The Holy Family with the Mayfly, The Holy Family with the Locust, and The Holy Family with the Butterfly is an engraving by the German artist Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) from approximately 1495. It is quite small but full of intricate detail.
Flower Garland with Dragonfly: Private collection 1652 Flower Garland with Butterfly: Private collection 1652 [13] Portrait of Martino Martini (1614–1661), Jesuit missionary in China: Private collection 1654 [14] Portrait of a Young Man: Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp: 5149 1655 [15] Education of the Virgin, with a possible self-portrait ...
Jan van Kessel in Cornelis de Bie's Het Gulden Cabinet. Jan van Kessel the Elder or Jan van Kessel (I) (baptized 5 April 1626, Antwerp – 17 April 1679, Antwerp) was a Flemish painter active in Antwerp in the mid-17th century.
Flowers in a glass vase with a dragonfly, on a marble slab: 1710: B 407: Schloss Fasanerie: Eichenzell, Fulda Flowers in a glass vase on a marble slab: ca. 1710: 77.5 cm x 62.3 cm: 1899.1.26: The Wilson: Cheltenham Still life of fruits, animals and insects on a moss floor: 1711: 46.2 cm x 61.6 cm: 1276 ( 1890) Uffizi: Florence Basket of Flowers ...
Dragonflies are represented in human culture on artefacts such as pottery, rock paintings, statues, and Art Nouveau jewellery. They are used in traditional medicine in Japan and China, and caught for food in Indonesia. They are symbols of courage, strength, and happiness in Japan, but seen as sinister in European folklore.