ARCIMBOLDO, Giuseppe
(b. 1526, Milano, d. 1593, Milano)

Treatise on Silk Culture and Manufacture (Series of Thirteen Drawings, No. 2)

c. 1586
Pen blue ink and blue wash on paper, 308 x 190 mm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Drawing No. 2 depicts the growth of the worms including the picking.