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LOT 3611:
Maria Sibylla Merian, nach, Pflanzendarstellungen
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Maria Sibylla Merian, nach, Pflanzendarstellungen
Maria Sibylla Merian, after, depictions of plants
Two detailed depictions of plants with butterflies and caterpillars as well as pupated caterpillars, probably from "Histoire générale des insectes de Surinam et de toute l'Europe", coloured copper engraving, early, 18th century, more strongly browned and one sheet with backed tear, mounted under passepartout, sheet dimensions approx. 25.5 x 19.5 cm. Artist's info: Germ. Painter and entomologist (1647 Frankfurt/Main to 1717 Amsterdam), youngest child of Matthäus Merian the Elder, already in her childhood she got to know the different printing techniques in her father's business, her stepfather Jacob Marell awakened her interest in flower painting, 1675/80 she published her three-volume "Neues Blumenbuch", In 1679, "Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung" (The Caterpillar's Miraculous Metamorphosis) was also published in Nuremberg, since 1691 resident in Amsterdam, from 1699 two-year research trip to Surinam, as a result of her research "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium" was published, one of the most important works of early natural science , source: Thieme-Becker, Wikipedia and Internet.
