🍃 Maria Sibylla Merian ~ 1647-1717 🍃

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Grape Vine w/Gaudy Sphinx Moth 1702-03, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Merian wrote of the grapes which grew wild in Surinam: ‘It is regrettable that one can find nobody interested in cultivating them; it would not be necessary to bring wine to Surinam; ...

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The shark beckons... ✨

Another wonderful piece of Sibylla, by @/goostli

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Some more of Sibylla being cute, because she is cute.

🎨by @/VanguardHeart

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Zelfde veiling: Maria Sibylla Merian and Daniel Rabel, Histoire générale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe, contenant leurs descriptions, leurs figures, leurs differents metamorphoses... (Paris: L. C. Desnos, 1771) https://t.co/P0jpdxZTo5

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Maria Sibylla Merian's 'Dissertatio de generatione et metamorphosibus insectorum Surinamensium' (Amsterdam: Joannes Oosterwyk, 1719) bij
https://t.co/IhTOuJP5GH

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My amazing beautifully talented friend Mo took this commission for my current Sibylla. Love my knowledge It's truly incredible to see a character come to life like this.

check her art out on insta: https://t.co/tyQzULI69j

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators...M is for Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) a German Naturalist & Scientific Illustrator. One of the first to document Metamorphosis in Insects to try to dispel the view that they appeared magically out of dirt & dust!

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