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A closer look at the frontispiece in the 1730 Ed of Maria Sibylla Merian's work on the insects of Suriname: just to the left of the cherub's bum, I've only just noticed a miniature version of the book plus the pineapple from one of the plates growing in a pot!
#HerNaturalHistory
Défi #pionnières de @GallicaBnF : je choisis Maria Sibylla Merian, l'une des premières femmes illustratrices dans le domaine de l’histoire naturelle. https://t.co/AO6c5tYhSf
Artist & naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian traveled the world and was the first to accurately depict insect metamorphosis. #InternationalWomensDay #HerNaturalHistory
🦋 A rare black butterfly was recently named after her by our scientist Shinichi Nakahara: https://t.co/NYPJPpWOt7
Maria Sibylla Merian's observations of insect metamorphosis changed our understanding of the natural world forever, and her illustrations are as beautiful today as they were 300 years ago. #HerNaturalHistory
Maria Sibylla Merian, Berthe Hoola van Nooten and Elizabeth Blackwell; three strong women who used their talents as botanical artists to support their families, at a time when women were not expected to be financially independent #InternationalWomensDay #SciArt #WomeninScience
Meet Sibyl!
Age: 612
Species: Vampire
Occupation: Member of the Crimson Guard
Fun Fact: They were a seer in life AND in death!
#MeettheCharacterMonday #TheHuntersSaga
👁️ Seer of Blood 🔴
#TheHuntersSaga #SibylCipriani #myocs #ocart #ocs #myart #artistsontwitter #digitalart
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Still Life with Pomegranates, Sea Shells and a Beetle. Tempera on parchment
This watercolour of a blue-backed manakin on the branch of a pear tree was painted by Maria Sibylla #Merian. In 1699, she travelled to South America & spent 2 years studying & drawing the exotic flora & fauna. https://t.co/f23yNjYjbw
This #WomeninScience Day I’d like to celebrate all the wonderful women represented in the @museumsvictoria library collection, including Anna and Susanna Lister, Elizabeth Gould, Maria Sibylla Merian, Helena Forde and Harriet Morgan, as well as all the inspiring women I work with
Abraham Janssens
The Agrippine Sibyl
Netherlands (c. 1575)
Düsseldorf, Kunst Palast
photo by @francesdath
Glorious Title Page of a Wonderful Book!
Maria Sibylla Merian, Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung. 1683. UB Erlangen-Nürnberg
Another installment of the @Europeanaeu Pioneers:Trailblazing women in the arts, sciences and society. The second installment is all about one of my favourite women in science - the great Maria Sibylla Merian! https://t.co/Za7M6Hpokl
May as well post another character tonight. My Mage: the Awakening character, Sibyl, the Mastigos. A sassy and bitter barista at "Crew Brew Coffee". Streams for donations at the end of the month when her unflattering job doesn't pay enough to cover rent.
Turning nature into art: the pioneering naturalist, entomologist & artist Maria Sibylla Merian died #OTD in 1717. She travelled the world & created brilliant drawings & illustrations of plants & insects, making detailed notes on the behaviour & life cycle of butterflies.
ジビュレ・フォン オルファースの絵本『ゆきのおしろへ』。クリスマス絵本ではないですが、ゆきのこどもたちがめっちゃ可愛いから見て。
絵:Sibylle von Olfers『Marietje in Sneeuwland』
Two tulips and two irises, c. 1700, by Johanna Helena Herolt (German, 1668-1723), a daughter of #MariaSibyllaMerian. Held at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, @oak_spring; image source, https://t.co/GivPxITMdI #womensart #artherstory #JohannaHelenaHerolt #BotanicalArt