Maria Sibylla Merian
A botanist gets a divorce and travels the world

Maria Sibylla Merian, The Artists

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian was a German Female Artist born on April 2, 1647. Sibylla Merian contributed to the Enlightenment movement, worked in Netherlands and Suriname and died on January 13, 1717.

Metamorphosis of a Caterpillar to a Butterfly, Maria Sibylla Merian

Metamorphosis of a Caterpillar to a Butterfly

Black Tegu Lizard, Maria Sibylla Merian

Black Tegu Lizard

Floral Wreath with Insects, Maria Sibylla Merian

Floral Wreath with Insects

Heron Encircled by a Snake, Maria Sibylla Merian

Heron Encircled by a Snake

Tulip, two Branches of Myrtle and two Shells, Maria Sibylla Merian

Tulip, two Branches of Myrtle and two Shells

Branch of Genipapo with Long-Horned Beetle, Maria Sibylla Merian

Branch of Genipapo with Long-Horned Beetle

Branch of West Indian Cherry with Achilles Morpho Butterfly, Maria Sibylla Merian

Branch of West Indian Cherry with Achilles Morpho Butterfly

Citron with Monkey Slug Moth and Harlequin Beetle, Maria Sibylla Merian

Citron with Monkey Slug Moth and Harlequin Beetle

Tropical White Morning Glory with two beetles, Maria Sibylla Merian

Tropical White Morning Glory with two beetles

Turk's Cap Lily, Maria Sibylla Merian

Turk's Cap Lily

John James Audubon, The Artists

John James Audubon

Friend of the birds

James Nasmyth, The Artists

James Nasmyth

The inventor of the steam hammer maps the moon

Anna Atkins, The Artists

Anna Atkins

Electric blue: the first photographic book

16011800

The mysterious death of a young art teacher

Elisabetta Sirani

Edwaert Collier Maria Sibylla Merian

Margherita Caffi

Tiny paintings of presumably normal-sized people

Susan Penelope Rosse

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