Maria sibylla merian

German painter specialized in subjects of the nature, mainly in birds, insects, plants, flowers and marine fauna. She was featured on the 500 Deutsche Mark Banknote.

Butterflies by Maria Sybilla Merian

For more background etc about this great scientific work of the early 18th century by Maria Sibylla Merian, please see: bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2014/07/erucarum-ortus.html

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Her illustrations languished, forgotten, for centuries following her death in 1717.

A watercolour of a sprig of Water Lemon (Passiflora laurifolia) with Snout Moth (Azamora), Brush-Footed Butterfly Larva (Heliconius) and Flag-Footed Bug (Anisoscelis foliacea). This is an adaption of plate 21 of Merians Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. The passion flower is so-named because it supposedly symbolises the Passion of Christ. The three stigmas represent the nails, the five stamens the five wounds and the corona the Crown of Thorns. It is native to Central America, and was…

Maria Sibylla Merian, Botanical Illustration, Merian 1647-1717, Chinese blue and white pottery

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Unjustly forgotten, Maria Sibylla Merian was one of the most important entomologists in history. Tanya Latty reports.