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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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2023-04-03

Happy birthday Maria Sibylla Merian. The acclaimed, naturalist, illustrator, engraver, and educator, famous for her published entomology collections most notably of butterflies (and caterpillars), was born today in 1647.

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2023-04-03

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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2023-04-02

Day 1112 “Narzissen, Vergißmeinnicht und Schmetterling” (1659) Maria Sibylla Merian. Merian was born on April 2 in 1647 and this is a drawing she made at the tender age of 10. She was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator.

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2023-04-01

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth, after 1679.

Attributed to Dorothea Maria Gsell as part of the workshop of her mother, Maria Sibylla Merian.

(Rijksmuseum)

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2023-03-27

I want to present some of the best artists at the intersection of science and art. No better way to start than with Maria Sibylla Merian.

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2023-03-10

by Eric Carle (1985) .

Spiders, ants, cockroach and hummingbird on guava tree by Maria Sibylla Merian. (Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium,1705).

View via https://t.co/rZwrafEESf

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2023-03-02

Johanna Helena Herolt (1668 – 1723) was an German botanical artist & the daughter of painter Maria Sibylla Merian.

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2023-01-17

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth, after 1679.

Attributed to Dorothea Maria Gsell as part of the workshop of her mother, Maria Sibylla Merian.

(Rijksmuseum)

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2022-09-22

Take a look on the BBC website for a marvelous 4-minute animation of the remarkable life of 17th century artist and naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian.

https://t.co/FSSy0JiSBQ

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2022-08-09

Just backed FIENDISH by ! Really excited for this one. Been needing a great sword and fantasy/horror book in my life while waiting for more Cimmerian. This looks so bad ass!

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2022-04-16

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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2022-04-03

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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2022-04-02

Spoken like a true Cimmerian. Conan the Barbarian art by RaffaeleMarinetti on DeviantArt.

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2022-02-04

Maria Sibylla Merian. Tulipa purpurea, 1718.

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2022-01-01

"Nova et accurata Ducatus Venetiani, Mediolani, Genuae, Mantuae et finitimorum principatum delineatio."
Copper engraving map by Mattheus Merian.
Hand colored.
Published ca 1640.
https://t.co/u6onZ6Oykp

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2021-12-29

Zagros or Kur, the dragon of Sumerian. Living among humans as someone who has amassed quite a bit of wealth.

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2021-10-27

Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth, after 1679.

Attributed to Dorothea Maria Gsell as part of the workshop of her mother, Maria Sibylla Merian.

(Rijksmuseum)

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2021-09-22

Kamerian.（）の作品が、NADiff a/p/a/r/t（）から出品されています。
https://t.co/J3T5AM4LCU

『33.』(A) 2021

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2021-06-19