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Art Herstory offers two note cards that reproduce work by The Rocu Tree (left) and Capers, Gorse & Beetle (right)

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2023-04-04

Artistic Maria Sibylla Merian, born April 2, 1647, was a trailblazing naturalist, artist & entomologist. Fascinated by the in organisms, she created detailed illustrations of & of remarkable scientific accuracy & visual beauty🦋🌿🌻

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2023-04-04

We're bad art historians for forgetting Maria Sibylla Marien's birthday yesterday (2 April, 1657). So, here is her watercolour & gouache botanical study of a tulip, myrtle branches and seashells. For more on her art & science join us online on 22 May: https://t.co/Dv5ISQxnLO

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2023-04-03

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) ilustradora y pionera de la entomología moderna, nació un 2 de abril de 1647. La especie Catasticta sibyllae lleva su nombre en su honor.

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2023-04-03

Chinese vase, spectacular. Flowers, even more spectacular. Small bug, just hanging around on the table. As recorded by Maria Sibylla Merian, artist & naturalist. It's her beautiful day.

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2023-04-03

Happy birthday Maria Sibylla Merian
Apr 2, 1647 – Jan 13, 1717 naturalist and scientific illustrator, and educator famous for her published entomology collections.

Every bit as good as but we never learned about her, though born 150 years before.

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2023-04-03

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

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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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

Banana Tree Flower with Io Moth, by Maria Sibylla Merian — who was born in 1647.

From her pioneering Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Insects of Suriname), first published in 1705.

See more prints by her in our online prints shop: https://t.co/ASX37Nx31n

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2023-04-02

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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2023-04-02

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

Birthday in the park: Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-17, naturalist and scientific illustrator.....https://t.co/CbUFhoQvvL .........

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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

Oh we're doing this again?
Sure I'll post the influence meme my OC's.
(Sibylla's sheet needs an update so I'll wait to post hers.)

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2023-03-24

🎨 Maria Sibylla Merian

🖼️ Illustrazione sulla trasformazione della farfalla, 1703


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2023-03-21

Congratulations and thanks to Flora, the creator of Drawing Inspirations 34. Her piece based on Maria Sibylla Merian earned her 21 $SEEDS and 43 $MATIC!

Get previous Drawing Inspirations pieces at https://t.co/BRq5ZJQELA

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2023-03-14

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

On we celebrate the work of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) who was one of the first Europeans to observe and record the lifecycle of insects and so challenge an earlier belief in their spontaneous generation from inanimate matter.

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2023-03-09