A blue snake’s head fritillary (Fritillaria Meleagris) with two butterflies

Barbara Regina Dietzsch specialized in the accurate rendering of flowers and insects portrayed in their most minute details. The artist most often chose to depict her subjects against a dark background, black or dark brown, which enhanced the colors, tridimensionality, and jewel-like appearance of the compositions. On this sheet she depicted a blue Snake’s Head Fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), with two butterflies, a Comma (Polygonia c-album) and a Common pierrot (Castalius rosimon).