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A woman ahead of her time: born on 2 April 1647, was one of the first to closely observe and record the process of Her approach was only made popular by Linnaeus more than half a century later.
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2022-04-03

Another side of nature's wonders: guava tree w/ army ants, pink-toed tarantulas (yes!!), huntsman spiders, & ruby-topaz hummingbird, v. dead. Wow. By Maria Sibylla Merian, born OTD in 1647.

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2022-04-03

Butterflies, by Maria Sibylla Merian, artist and naturalist, born in 1647.

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2022-04-02

Born today in 1647, botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian took an early interest in She retained indigenous names for the not-yet-described species she found in Suriname and performed controlled laboratory experiments to investigate caterpillars' plant preferences.

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2022-04-02

Birthday in the park: Maria Sybilla Merian, 1647-1717, German-born Swiss naturalist and scientific illustrator........https://t.co/St2fQLsFPH

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2022-04-02

Born on this day 1647, naturalist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian. Here, Teucer Owl Butterfly & Rainbow Whiptail Lizard among the bananas, from her book The Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname, 1705.

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2022-04-02

Maria Sibylla Merian 🇨🇭 (b. 2.4.1647)
'Branch of Genipapo with Long-Horned Beetle' (1703)
Watercolour
38.4 x 27.7 cm

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2022-04-02

German artist and scientific illustrator Anna Maria Sybilla Merian was born in 1647 🇩🇪
She travelled in South America, recording the process of insect metamorphosis. This helped understanding of the process and insect life cycles.

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2022-04-02

Pioneering botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian was born in 1647.

Merian is famed for her colourful combination of art and science in her botanical drawings.

Find out more about her life and work: https://t.co/4Ua7VBytda

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2022-04-02

Dutch Ships, 1647, 2 men standing seen from behind looking at title for series of Dutch ships inscribed on stern of warship in dock elderly man seated on barrels of canons smoking pipe & sailors, ships, crates, anchors, casks & wharves 88/365⚓️
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2022-03-29

Jacob Jordaens "Triumph of Frederick Hendrik" 1647-52

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2022-03-05

🖌🎨🐛🦋🌺Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717)
Parrot Tulip, Auriculas, and Red Currants, with a Magpie Moth, its Caterpillar and Pupa

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2022-02-25

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Flowers in a Chinese Vase

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 - 1717)
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2022-02-25

クリプトラクト7周年おめでとうございます！まだ1647日(4年と半分くらい)のまだまだ雑魚領主だけどこれからもアリスちゃん推しで頑張ってくぞー！オーブ50個ありがとー！目指せ10周年！とアリスちゃん昇華！！

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2022-02-15

Giovanni Lanfranco (1582-1647), Italian artist, was born on this day. A Baroque painter, his work is not as well known as it should be. His two major masterpieces are in the National Gallery of Ireland.

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2022-01-27

Giovanni Lanfranco (26 January 1582 – 30 November 1647) was an Italian painter Rinaldo's Farewell to Armida Oil on Canvas

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2022-01-27

Rembrandt (1647) created the tenebrous Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt. His ability to tell a story, striking use of light & uncanny ability to depict objects in small brushstrokes is clear. You can even identify the species of oak beside the Holy Family.

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2022-01-23

A blue honey creeper on a thistle, copulating snails below, n.d., by (German, 1647–1717), who died (Jan 13). Held by , https://t.co/Q0vtScQt3O

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2022-01-13