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LOT 3612:
nach Maria Sibylla Merian, Disteln mit Falter
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nach Maria Sibylla Merian, Disteln mit Falter
After Maria Sibylla Merian, Thistles with moth
Thistle blossom with caterpillars and moths, originally published 1717 in "der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumennahrung.", here coloured copper engraving from the middle of the 18th century, upper right number of the plate "CXVI", paper browned, in passepartout and framed under glass, plate dimensions approx. 15.5 x 11.5 cm. Artist's info: Germ. German 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", 1679 also in Nuremberg "Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung" was published, 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.
