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Maria Sibylla Merian — VisualArtsDB

Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian

b. 1647 — d. 1717

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Born 1647 — Died 1717

1680s

from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX

from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX

1700s

Granatapfel

Granatapfel

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Musa paradisiaca

Musa paradisiaca

+12

1710s

Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) and a False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale)

Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) and a False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale)

Inflorescence of Banana

Inflorescence of Banana

Plate LXXXV, from Erucarum Ortus Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamorphosis (1679-1717)

Plate LXXXV, from Erucarum Ortus Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamorphosis (1679-1717)

Works

35 artworks

from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX

from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX

, 1680

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLV

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLV

, 1705

Granatapfel

Granatapfel

, 1705

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname), figure 46

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname), figure 46

, 1705

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XIII. (Spondias purpurea)

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XIII. (Spondias purpurea)

, 1705

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

, 1705

Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava

Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava

, 1705

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLVIII

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLVIII

, 1705

Plate #23- Musa paradisiaca, Caligo teucer and Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

Plate #23- Musa paradisiaca, Caligo teucer and Cnemidophorus lemniscatus

, 1705

Pineapple and cockroaches

Pineapple and cockroaches

, 1705

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

, 1705

Musa paradisiaca

Musa paradisiaca

, 1705

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XX. (Thysania agrippina)

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XX. (Thysania agrippina)

, 1705

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensiam

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensiam

, 1705

Wasserskorpion, Frösche, Kaulquappen und Wasserhyazinthe

Wasserskorpion, Frösche, Kaulquappen und Wasserhyazinthe

, 1705

Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

, 1705

Rote Lilie

Rote Lilie

, 1705

Inflorescence of Banana

Inflorescence of Banana

, 1710

Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) and a False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale)

Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) and a False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale)

, 1710

Plate LXXXV, from Erucarum Ortus Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamorphosis (1679-1717)

Plate LXXXV, from Erucarum Ortus Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamorphosis (1679-1717)

, 1717

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A Parrot Tulip, Auriculas, and Red Currants, with a Magpie Moth, its Caterpillar and Pupa

A Parrot Tulip, Auriculas, and Red Currants, with a Magpie Moth, its Caterpillar and Pupa

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