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3/3 Agneta Block was a patron of naturalist/artist Maria Sibylla Merian, who recorded this pineapple w/ exciting cockroaches in her Insects of Surinam, 1705.

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Agnes Block died this day in 1704. A horticulturist and painter herself, she made her Vijverhof estate a residence for other botanical artists such as Johanna Helena Herolts-Graff, Maria Sibylla Merian, Maria Moninckx, and Alida Withoos.

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2021-04-21

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian for a final class project. She was one of the first Europeans to observe insects in their natural habitat and she was a famous natural illustrator.

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2021-04-17

Check out NORROWAY, BOOK TWO! In stores today!

Seven years have passed since the disastrous events of BOOK ONE, and now it's time for Sibylla to face her curse-breaking destiny.



https://t.co/Jj8v0x4iS8

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2021-04-15

Spring Flowers in a Chinese Vase, 1680
Fiori primaverili in un vaso cinese
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717)

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2021-04-14

2/2 A basket of flowers from artist-naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian, celebrating her birthday today.

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2021-04-03

Chinese vase, spectacular. Flowers, even more spectacular. As recorded by Maria Sibylla Merian, artist & naturalist. It's her beautiful day.

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2021-04-03

Farmer's peony with narcissus, as studied by Johanna Helena Herolt, daughter of Maria Sibylla Merian. Ran in the family, this natural talent!

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2021-04-03

Maria Sibylla Merian, born 1647, was a pioneering naturalist, botanist, entomologist & artist. She was fascinated how caterpillars metamorphosed into butterflies & moths & her close illustrations were the first to depict the life cycles of insects & their food plants.🦋🐛🌼

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2021-04-03

These beautiful drawings were made by pioneering artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian, who was born in 1647. Pineapple & examples of five insects, & life cycle of two moths, from 'Merian's Drawings of Surinam Insects'. Watercolour & bodycolour on vellum, 1701–05.

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2021-04-03


"Art & shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another."

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) in

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2021-04-03

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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2021-04-03

Born 2 April 1647 (d 1727)
Maria Sibylla German and scientific
Amazing life and woman

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2021-04-02

Maria Sibylla trailblazing artist-scientist of the 17th century, was born in 1647!

Read more about Merian, a woman ahead of her time: https://t.co/EWly1ksXEa

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2021-04-02

Birthday in the park: Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-17, naturalist and scientific illustrator.....https://t.co/7IDlC0rQUt

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2021-04-02

Pioneering artist and scientist Maria Sibylla Merian was born in 1647.

Dedicated to accurately illustrating the natural world, she was influential in the field of entomology.

Explore Merian’s sophisticated combination of art and science: https://t.co/hLjTKXqrHR

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2/2 Pineapple & cockroaches, from The Insects of Suriname, 1719 edition. Brought to you by traveler, naturalist, & artist Maria Sibylla Merian, born OTD in 1647.

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2021-04-02

My portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian for .

Pioneering naturalist, entomologist and - above all, for me - one of the best scientific illustrators who ever lived.

Born in 1647

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2021-04-02

2/2 Life cycle of the Menelaus Blue Morpho butterfly, beautifully documented by Maria Sibylla Merian for her book on thie insects of Surinam. Today is her day.

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2021-04-02