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Studies of Fruits, Insects and Shells

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Studies of Fruits, Insects and Shells

Maria Sibylla Merian | Georg Flegel

late 16th–mid-17th century

Medium

Watercolor on parchment

Tags

Strawberries Insects Butterflies Shells

Dimensions

3 5/8 x 4 7/16 in. (9.2 x 11.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1939

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Maria Sibylla Merian

1647–1717 • GermanyDutch Republic

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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