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Maria Sibylla Merian
Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian

German, 1647 – 1717
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Maria Sibylla Merian was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator, a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family. Merian was one of the early European naturalists to observe insects directly.

Merian received her artistic training from her stepfather, Jacob Marrel, a student of the still life painter Georg Flegel. Merian published her first book of natural illustrations in 1675. She had started to collect insects as an adolescent and at age 13, she raised silkworms. In 1679, Merian published the first volume of a two-volume series on caterpillars; the second volume followed in 1683. Each volume contained 50 plates engraved and etched by Merian. Merian documented evidence on the process of metamorphosis and the plant hosts of 186 European insect species. Along with the illustrations Merian included a descriptions of their life cycles.

In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Surinam to study and record the tropical insects. In 1705, she published Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Merian's Metamorphosis has been credited with influencing a range of naturalist illustrators. Because of her careful observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly, she is considered by David Attenborough to be among the more significant contributors to the field of entomology. She discovered many new facts about insect life through her studies.

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Blue butterflies

Blue butterflies (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Cacao.

Cacao. (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Cacao

Cacao (1719)

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Carduus spinosus

Carduus spinosus (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
Botanical
Carica papaya

Carica papaya (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Caschou

Caschou (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Cassave.

Cassave. (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Cassave

Cassave (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Cayman

Cayman (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Cerises d’Amerique

Cerises d’Amerique (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Citronier

Citronier (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Coronilla Americana arborescens

Coronilla Americana arborescens (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Costus arabicus

Costus arabicus (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Cotonier

Cotonier (1719)

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Cresson

Cresson (1719)

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Eichhornia crassipes

Eichhornia crassipes (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Figuier d’Amerique

Figuier d’Amerique (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Flos Pavonis

Flos Pavonis (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Grenadier.

Grenadier. (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Grenadier

Grenadier (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Grenouilles

Grenouilles (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Guajare

Guajare (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Guajava alba dulcis

Guajava alba dulcis (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Guajave

Guajave (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Guajaves

Guajaves (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Ipomoea batatas and Heliconia psittacorum

Ipomoea batatas and Heliconia psittacorum (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
Botanical
Jasmin des Indes

Jasmin des Indes (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Jasminum grandiflorum

Jasminum grandiflorum (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
Botanical
Lemon

Lemon (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
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Limonier

Limonier (1719)

Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647 – 1717)
Botanical
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