Maria sibylla merian

Butterflies by Maria Sybilla 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.

Flowers is one of artworks by Maria Sibylla Merian. Artwork analysis, large resolution images, user comments, interesting facts and much more.

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

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

Science and art have a long‐standing relationship as both are based on observation and interpretation. In this technology‐driven age, new interactions could lead to novel ways of looking at and int...

Ok, so I know I said I’d stay away but had to pop in… Today’s google was the prettiest I’ve ever seen!!! Apparently they’re called “Google Doodles” (who knew?) and today’s is celebrating the 366th birthday (odd day to celebrate— hope someone remembers mine! 😉 of Maria Sybella Merian (1647-1717). Merian was one of the […]

Maria Sibylla Merian was the daughter, sister, and wife of artists and engravers. She lived a most unconventional life: she became an artist herself, left her husband to join a Protestant sect, and voyaged at the age of 50 to the Dutch colony of Surinam in South America. Merian, who worked professionally under her own more »

Flower paintings on parchment, executed in the latter part of the 17th century by Maria Sibylla Merian.