Antonio Parra — Fish of Cuba, plate 64
Artista: Antonio Parra
Siglo XVIII · Cuba
Colección: Antonio Parra
This plate by Antonio Parra, titled 'Macáo' and belonging to a work on natural history, presents a detailed color engraving of a crustacean, probably a hermit crab, highlighting its shell and appendages with great realism and a palette of ochre and brown tones. The work is framed within the scientific illustration of the time.
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