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Maria Sibylla Merian was a talented naturalist and illlustrator in 17th century Switzerland.
Just take a look at this stunning work ☺️ (1/3)

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🎨🍍 Maria Sibylla Merian

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

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Maria Sibylla Merian " Chinese Vase with Roses, Poppies and Carnations " c. 1670–1680

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🌷In a time when women had limited career options, Merian made her own profession.

Two tulip leaves, Maria Sibylla Merian
🏛KUPFERSTICHKABINETT - BERLIN STATE MUSEUMS, © BPK / KUPFERSTICHKABINETT, SMB / DIETMAR KATZ

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Sibylla has a closet that is 100% full of fun swimsuits. Because it's nice to have something new every time you go to the pool or beach!

Drawn fantastically by @/mogy64!

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Learn about Merian in these guest posts:

- Artistic Entomology, by Kay Etheridge, https://t.co/4ooGfecco4…

- The Protofeminist Insects of Giovanna Garzoni & by
https://t.co/LuJeK4dlTm

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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.
https://t.co/1hlUkcz0Zk

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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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As of December 2019, a painting by & Menelaus Blue Morpho Butterfly, 1702–03, held by the —is included in the as one of 100 Dutch/Flemish masterpieces (as voted on by curator-members).

https://t.co/Fqe4YOJS4S

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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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Few artists do like In 1699 Merian traveled with her daughter to Suriname, a Dutch territory in South America, to paint its flora and fauna. Learn more about this trailblazing artist:
https://t.co/EWly1ksXEa

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

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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

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

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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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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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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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