Yoongi, Namjoon, Jimin, & Taehyung: Maria Sibylla Merian, Plate 1 from Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam, 1719

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The Sibyl Agrippina, painted by my colleague Abraham Janssens of Antwerp. It's his day today.

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling: The Delphic Sibyl
-1509, Michelangelo

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La Sibilla Cumana (gr. Σίβυλλα, lat. Sibylla), sacerdotessa di Apollo, è una delle più importanti Sibille, figure profetiche delle religioni greca e romana.

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I'm Sibylle/Mero, a 2D game artist and I only post once in a blue moon 🥲

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The Visualizing Knowledge section of the exhib showcases the work of well-known historical & well as others who achieved less renown in their careers.

Pic'd: Musa, ca. 1631, by

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This is another botanical plate from our collections. This was drawn by Berthe Hoola van Nooten for "Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java" in 1863-64. Her plates followed precedents set by Maria Sibylla Merian and Elizabeth Blackwell. 

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Sibylla Verticordia. The final boss of EaEA. It was tough drawing her, but it was very worth it. I made the design based on the original legend and also Frogmask's idea!
You can play the game here: https://t.co/dplfsOtz4s

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Sibylle von Olfers (May 1881 – January 1916) was a German art teacher and a nun who worked as an author and illustrator of children's books. In 1906 she published her most well-known work, The Root Children (Etwas von den Wurzelkindern).

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🖌 ART ACTIVITY: Drawing from nature. Pick an object, observe it carefully, and draw it precisely.

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📋 Pieter Sluyter after Maria Sibylla Merian, "The Metamorphoses of the Insects of Surinam"; Pamela Crockett, "Visible Strings."

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In 1958 he was knighted. He got cancer in 1959 but still painted a striking self-portrait. He passed away at Cliveden. Self-portrait (1959), Sibyl Williams (1955), Marriage at Cana (1953) & Hilda & I at Pond Street (1954). A great artist worth seeking out.

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Persian Sibyl, by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

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Ending with the wonderful Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717. German-born entomologist & artist, one of our earliest known women scientific travellers. More about her, other & in my guest post for : https://t.co/min1kI02XE

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In 1699, naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian sailed from Amsterdam to Suriname to study the life cycle of tropical insects: https://t.co/BFfM36jY9E. Here’s her watercolor of an Achilles morpho butterfly on a West Indian cherry via

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In 1699, Maria Sibylla Merion sailed from Amsterdam to Suriname to study the life cycle of tropical insects. Here’s her watercolor of an Achilles morpho butterfly on a West Indian cherry from an exhibition at . theme today:

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