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Lathyrus splendens, 1941, by #StellaRossCraig (English, 1906-2006), who died #otd (Feb 6). She illustrated more than 1300 species in her monumental Drawings of British Plants series (1948-1973). Source, https://t.co/92ujEsqnMq #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
Flower Study, C17th, by #YunBing (#Qingyu 清於; Haoru 浩如; Chinese, Qianlong era, active late C17th– early C18th). Held by @metmuseum, https://t.co/tRDMlzoMvA #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
@KayEtheridge (@gettysburg Biology Dept) contributes a new guest post to the #ArtHerstory blog!
Curiosity & the Caterpillar: #MariaSibyllaMerian’s Artistic Entomology, https://t.co/4ooGfecco4
#womenartists #hernaturalhistory
Seated Madonna Nursing, n.d., by #PlautillaNelli (Italian, 1524-88). Held at @uffizigalleries; source, https://t.co/gQUjQqLvUs. Restored by @AWA_Foundation, 2007. #artherstory #womenartists #femaleoldmasters #nuntastic #SuorPlautillaNelli
Still Life of Exotic Flowers on a Marble Ledge, c. 1735, by #RachelRuysch (Dutch, 1664-1750). Held by @nelson_atkins; source, https://t.co/BI7zeVp85I
#womenartists #artherstory #IntlFlowerDay
Today is #NationalTulipDay in the Netherlands! Is there a more glorious #tulip than this one: #MariaSibyllaMerian's A Parrot Tulip, Auriculas, & Red Currants, w/ a Magpie Moth, its Caterpillar & Pupa, https://t.co/M87Oor74OL
Pls share your favorite tulips by #womenartists!
Also on the topic of #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia -
ICYMI, see Angela Ghirardi's #ArtHerstory guest post "Suor Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676), Convent Artist," https://t.co/JZuzj9dyyM #womenartists
Pic'd: the Met's new Madonna & Child w/ the Infant St John the Baptist, c. 1625
On the occasion today (Jan 13) of the anniversary of Merian's death, we re-publicize the #ArtHerstory guest post
"The Protofeminist Insects of #GiovannaGarzoni & #MariaSibyllaMerian," by Emma Steinkraus, of @HSC1776:
[https://t.co/mMjgQPzrmV]
#hernaturalhistory #womensart
“E.F. Seedling Amaryllus 1819,” 1824, by #PriscillaSusanBury (1799-1838), who was born #otd (Jan 12). Held by @artsmia; source, https://t.co/XL4tQmwKJt #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #womensart