Merian, Maria Sibylla

1647–1717

Nationality: Germany, Dutch Republic

Born: 1647, Frankfurt

Died: 1717, Amsterdam

Gender: female

Occupations

naturalist

scientific illustrator

illustrator

painter

botanist

botanical illustrator

lepidopterist

entomologist

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Biography

Maria and her daughters, Johanna Helena and Dorothea Maria, were known as unusually enterprising and adventurous women for their time, who greatly influenced the artistic standards of natural history illustration and helped transform the field of entomology. Comment on works: Still Life

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Notable Works

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Artworks

3 artworks

Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle

1693

Studies of Fruits, Insects and Shells

late 16th–mid-17th century

Gedaanteverwisseling van de nachtpauwoog

Lifecycle of the night peacock butterfly

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