2/2 Two butterflies. Studied in Amsterdam in 1706 by Maria Sibylla Merian. It was her day.

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Born on this day in 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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This watercolour of a blue-backed manakin on the branch of a pear tree was painted by Maria Sibylla In 1699, she travelled to South America & spent 2 years studying & drawing the exotic flora & fauna. https://t.co/f23yNjYjbw

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Two tulips and two irises, c. 1700, by Johanna Helena Herolt (German, 1668-1723), a daughter of Held at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, ; image source, https://t.co/GivPxITMdI

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Beautiful from "D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer" for This 1705 work by Rumpf details the marine life of Amboina (Ambon) in what is now eastern Indonesia & features by Maria Sybilla Merian. In via : https://t.co/iB5ie7ZIIv

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The genius of Maria Sibylla Merian. Artist and Scientist.

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Oh, this must be such a great exhibition: the watercolors of Maria Sibylla Merian. https://t.co/1UJ9VHsHMX

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6/27迄【Kamerian.展「Fugly land」】狂想曲のようなポップな作風に性や暴力などの背徳的表現を盛り込む。テーマは「幼稚で暴力的」!http://t.co/SAPa7IEQTs

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<今後の展示>Kamerian.展「Fugly land」'15/6/22 〜 6/27@ヴァニラ画廊展示室B  http://t.co/SAPa7IEQTs

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