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Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensiam by Maria Sibylla Merian — VisualArtsDB

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensiam

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensiam

Maria Sibylla Merian

1705

Genre: Animal painting

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Musa paradisiaca

Musa paradisiaca

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava

Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

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

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

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1717

Wasserskorpion, Frösche, Kaulquappen und Wasserhyazinthe

Wasserskorpion, Frösche, Kaulquappen und Wasserhyazinthe

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

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

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

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1710

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

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

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

Metamorphosis of a Butterfly

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX

from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1680

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLV

from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLV

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium

Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705

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Maria Sibylla Merian