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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options Available.jpg "Blue Butterflies and Pomegranate by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Deep Sea Fish, Crabs, and Sea Snails by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276125).jpg "Helleborus niger (Christmas Rose) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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 (wc) - (MeisterDrucke-115978).jpg "Thorn Apple (Datura Wrightii) by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Rosier. From the Book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Pineapple. From the Book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272283).jpg "Tulipa gesneriana (Garden Tulip) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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.jpg "Metamorphosis of a Frog and Blue Flower by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Althea. From the Book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "No.1146c Hypericum Baxiforum with Snails and a Beetle by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Album sheet with a rose, 1675 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Tabrouba. From the Book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Unknown Image by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Alligator and Snake by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Vigne Blanche d")
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_Rosa_gallica_versicolor_(Rosa_Mundi)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1266532).jpg "Rosa ×centifolia (centifolia rose); Rosa gallica versicolor (")
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.jpg "Cacao. From the Book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1705 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Poivre d")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-195250).jpg "Iris Susiana by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263149).jpg "Tulipa gesneriana (Garden Tulip) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272873).jpg "Tulipa gesneriana (Garden Tulip) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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.jpg "Cassava, From the Book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Eichhornia Crassipes from the Book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271564).jpg "Solanum Pseudocapsicum (Jerusalem Cherry) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-166291).jpg "Bananas and Blue Lizard, 1705-71 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269094).jpg "Digitalis Purpurea (Common Foxglove) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269094).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1281705).jpg "Dactylorhiza maculata (spotted orchid) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Iris_latifolia_(engelsk_iris)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1267545).jpg "Iris sibirica (Siberian Iris); Iris latifolia (English Iris) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Iris_latifolia_(engelsk_iris)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1267545).jpg)
.jpg "Blue Butterflies and Red Larva, Blue Spines by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1266740).jpg "Lobelia Cardinalis (Cardinal Flower) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-210004).jpg "Caterpillars, Butterflies and Flower, 1705-71 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Caterpillar, cocoon and butterfly, from")
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.jpg "Fight between a crocodile and a snake - in General History of Insects of Surinam and of All Europe, by Maria Sibylla de Merian, Paris by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_Narcissus_tazetta_aureus_(guld-tazet)_Narcissus_-_(MeisterDrucke-1277031).jpg "Narcissus jonquilla; Narcissus tazetta aureus; Narcissus pseudonarcissus bicolor by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-174294).jpg "Mature Pineapple with Butterflies by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_Trifolium_pratense_(rd-klver)_Oxalis_corniculata_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1268560).jpg "Trifolium repens (White Clover); Trifolium pratense (Red Clover); Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Wood Sorrel); Trifolium incarnatum (Crimson Clover); Oxalis acetosella (Wood Sorrel) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Trifolium_pratense_(rd-klver)_Oxalis_corniculata_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1268560).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1282821).jpg "Lunaria Annua (Honesty) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-162761).jpg "Great Blue Butterflies and Red Fruits, 1705-71 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_Campanula_medium_(marie-klokke)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274192).jpg "Campanula trachelium (Nettle Bellflower); Campanula medium (Canterbury Bells) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Campanula_medium_(marie-klokke)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274192).jpg)
_rouge_-_in_Histoire_gnrale_des_insects_de_Surinam_et_de_toute_lEurope_-_(MeisterDrucke-1027830).jpg "Red Lily - in")
_rouge_-_in_Histoire_gnrale_des_insects_de_Surinam_et_de_toute_lEurope_-_(MeisterDrucke-1027830).jpg)
 Shells and Flowering Plant 1705-71 (hand-coloured etching engraving) - (MeisterDrucke-197698).jpg "Male Suriname Toad, with Eggs on Back (Deposited There by Female), Shells and Flowering Plant by Maria Sibylla Merian")
 Shells and Flowering Plant 1705-71 (hand-coloured etching engraving) - (MeisterDrucke-197698).jpg)
_Eranthis_hyemalis_(have-erantis)_Gagea_lu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275156).jpg "Helleborus Niger (Common Christmas Rose); Eranthis Hyemalis (Winter Aconite); Gagea Lutea (Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Eranthis_hyemalis_(have-erantis)_Gagea_lu_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275156).jpg)
_Cyclamen_hederifolium_(vedbendbladet_alpevi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271130).jpg "Cyclamen Purpurascens (Alpine Violet); Cyclamen Hederifolium (Ivy-leaved Cyclamen) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Cyclamen_hederifolium_(vedbendbladet_alpevi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271130).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1262718).jpg "Anemone coronaria (Poppy Anemone) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263612).jpg "Tulipa Gesneriana (Garden Tulip) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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.jpg "Flos Pavonis. From the Book Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1705 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Blue Butterflies and Foliage, 1705-71 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "Spectacled Caiman and a False Coral Snake, 1705 by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1267872).jpg "Dracunculus vulgaris (Common Dragon Arum) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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.jpg "Still Life with Fruit, a Grasshopper and a Butterfly by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-592188).jpg "Scorpion and Snake by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264081).jpg "Solanum Lycopersicum L. (Common Tomato) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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.jpg "Spanish Pepper by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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 - (MeisterDrucke-201984).jpg "Sphinx Moth, Larva, Pupa, and Flower by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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.jpg "A Parrot Tulip, Auriculas, Red Currants, with a Magpie Moth, its caterpillar and pupa by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1280756).jpg "Lilium Candidum (Madonna Lily) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Gentiana_verna_(vr-ensian)_Gentiana_acaulis_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269204).jpg "Gentiana Acaulis (Stemless Gentian); Gentiana Verna (Spring Gentian); Gentiana Acaulis (Stemless Gentian); Gentiana (Species of Gentian) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Gentiana_verna_(vr-ensian)_Gentiana_acaulis_(_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269204).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1278757).jpg "Tulipa clusiana (Clusius Tulip) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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.jpg "Butterflies, caterpillars and cocoon, from")
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_Helichrysum_Stoechas_(stinkende_evig_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263944).jpg "Helichrysum Orientale (Bush Everlasting); Helichrysum Stoechas (Stinking Everlasting); Anaphalis Margaritacea (Common Pearly Everlasting) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Helichrysum_Stoechas_(stinkende_evig_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263944).jpg)
.jpg "Tabroubabaum, Beetle ... / M.S. Merian by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_Lilium_martagon_(krans-lilje)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263414).jpg "Lilium Pomponium (Pompon Lily); Lilium Martagon (Martagon Lily) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Lilium_martagon_(krans-lilje)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263414).jpg)
_Lavandula_angustifolia_(gte_lavendel)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297446).jpg "Lavandula multifida; Lavandula angustifolia by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Lavandula_angustifolia_(gte_lavendel)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1297446).jpg)
_Allium_nigrum_(sort_lg)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272219).jpg "Allium moly (Golden Garlic); Allium nigrum (Black Garlic) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Allium_nigrum_(sort_lg)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272219).jpg)
_Hippocrepis_emerus_(busk-hestesko)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263008).jpg "Colutea arborescens; Hippocrepis emerus by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Hippocrepis_emerus_(busk-hestesko)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263008).jpg)
_Prunus_tenella_(dvrg-mandel)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1273316).jpg "Prunus dulcis (almond); Prunus tenella (dwarf almond) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Prunus_tenella_(dvrg-mandel)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1273316).jpg)
.jpg "Black Spiders on Guava Feeding on Ants or Catching Colobritgens in Their Nest in Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_Anemone_pavonina_(pfugle-anemone)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275319).jpg "Anemone coronaria L. (French anemone); Anemone pavonina (peacock anemone) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Anemone_pavonina_(pfugle-anemone)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275319).jpg)
_Urtica_urens_(liden_nlde)_Urtica_di_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274637).jpg "Urtica pilulifera (Roman Nettle); Urtica urens (Small Nettle); Urtica dioica (Large Nettle) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Urtica_urens_(liden_nlde)_Urtica_di_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274637).jpg)
_Amaranthus_caudatus_(rvehale-amarant)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276766).jpg "Amaranthus cruentus (Red Amaranth); Amaranthus caudatus (Foxtail Amaranth) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Amaranthus_caudatus_(rvehale-amarant)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276766).jpg)
_Rosa_alba_(hvid_rose)_Rosa_gallica_(Rosa_Mundi)_Ros_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276620).jpg "Rosa gallica (Apothecary")
_Rosa_alba_(hvid_rose)_Rosa_gallica_(Rosa_Mundi)_Ros_-_(MeisterDrucke-1276620).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283035).jpg "Amaranthus Cruentus (Red Amaranth) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Achillea_ageratum_(balsam-rllike)_Achillea_mi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271768).jpg "Achillea ptarmica; Achillea ageratum; Achillea millefolium by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Achillea_ageratum_(balsam-rllike)_Achillea_mi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271768).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1268853).jpg "Solanum lycopersicum (common tomato) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Jasminum_officinale_(lge-jasmin)_Cytisus_s_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271904).jpg "Viburnum opulus (common snowball); Jasminum officinale (common jasmine); Cytisus scoparius (common broom) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Jasminum_officinale_(lge-jasmin)_Cytisus_s_-_(MeisterDrucke-1271904).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264362).jpg "Gladiolus communis (Common Gladiolus) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Iris_pumila_(lav_iris)_eller_Iris_lutesce_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269612).jpg "Hermodactylus tuberosus (Hermes Finger); Iris pumila (Dwarf Iris) or Iris lutescens (Dwarf Iris) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Iris_pumila_(lav_iris)_eller_Iris_lutesce_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269612).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263519).jpg "Aquilegia Vulgaris (Common Columbine) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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.jpg "Moths, Caterpillars, and Foliage by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_Lavatera_thuringiaca_(tysk_poppelrose)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272311).jpg "Malva sylvestris (Common Mallow); Lavatera thuringiaca (German Hollyhock) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Lavatera_thuringiaca_(tysk_poppelrose)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1272311).jpg)
_Nymphaea_alba_(hvid_nkkerose)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263053).jpg "Nuphar lutea (Yellow Water Lily); Nymphaea alba (White Water Lily) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Nymphaea_alba_(hvid_nkkerose)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1263053).jpg)
_Tagetes_erecta_(opret_fljlsblomst)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283718).jpg "Tagetes patula (French Marigold); Tagetes erecta (African Marigold) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Tagetes_erecta_(opret_fljlsblomst)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1283718).jpg)
.jpg "Jasmine: with snake, moth, caterpillar and chrysalis, plate 46 from `Over de Voorteeling")
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_Lupinus_luteus_(gul_lupin)_Lupinus_angustifolius_(sma_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269803).jpg "Lupinus pilosus (Blue Lupin); Lupinus luteus (Yellow Lupin); Lupinus angustifolius (Narrow-leaved Lupin); Lupinus albus (White Lupin) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Lupinus_luteus_(gul_lupin)_Lupinus_angustifolius_(sma_-_(MeisterDrucke-1269803).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1284606).jpg "Citrus Medica (Citron) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Nigella_sativa_(sortkommen)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1265957).jpg "Nigella hispanica (Spanish Nigella); Nigella sativa (Black Cumin) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Nigella_sativa_(sortkommen)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1265957).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1270164).jpg "Lilium martagon (Martagon Lily) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Cypripedium_calceolus_(stor_fruesko)_Ranunculus_asia_-_(MeisterDrucke-1268635).jpg "Adonis vernalis; Cypripedium calceolus; Ranunculus asiaticus; Ranunculus by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Cypripedium_calceolus_(stor_fruesko)_Ranunculus_asia_-_(MeisterDrucke-1268635).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1279927).jpg "Mimosa polydactyla (Many-fingered Mimosa) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264499).jpg "Hyacinthus Orientalis (Common Hyacinth) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1264499).jpg)
_-_(MeisterDrucke-1266670).jpg "Papaver Somniferum (Opium Poppy) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
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_Narcissus_triandrus_(orkide-narcis)_Narcissus_me_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274506).jpg "Narcissus poeticus; Narcissus triandrus; Narcissus ×medioluteus by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Narcissus_triandrus_(orkide-narcis)_Narcissus_me_-_(MeisterDrucke-1274506).jpg)
.jpg "Pineapple and Cockroach, Illustration from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sibylla Merian")
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_Iris_florentina_(violrod)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275194).jpg "Iris susiana (mourning iris); Iris ×florentina (violet root) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Iris_florentina_(violrod)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1275194).jpg)
_Scorzonera_hispanica_(have-skorzoner)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1266553).jpg "Crepis rubra (red hawksbeard); Scorzonera hispanica (black salsify) by Hans Simon Holtzbecker")
_Scorzonera_hispanica_(have-skorzoner)_-_(MeisterDrucke-1266553).jpg)
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Who still remembers the woman on the 500 Mark bill, and if they do, who is even familiar with this outstanding "female person" of the 17th century? Maria Sibylla Merian. She was the daughter of Matthäus Merian, Germany's most famous topographer and etcher to this day, whose art she learned about only in a roundabout way, since he died when she was 3 years old. Born in 1747, she belonged to the post-traumatic society of the Thirty Years' War. Her family environment was distinctly European. Her father was from Basel, her stepsiblings' mother from Flanders, her own mother from Wallonia, and her stepfather, the flower painter Jacob Marrel, from the Netherlands. She was highly talented, but she had no interest in the work of her stepbrothers, who continued to publish cityscapes and battle scenes in Frankfurt. She obviously loved nature, especially flowers, and her painterly sketches and especially her etchings, still today, as with her father mistakenly called copper engravings, found and still find great interest.
But this would probably not have been enough to classify her as an exceptional person. During her artistic activity, which showed an early maturity, she developed into an early representative of biological research and at the same time lived a life, even for today's understanding, open and almost novelistic. Where exactly her interest in nature came from can only be guessed. In any case, her most important teacher was Jacob Marrel, a student of Georg Flegel, who is considered today to be the real founder of still-life painting. She married Johann Andreas Graff, a pupil of her stepfather, and moved with him to Nuremberg. There she came to the attention of Joachim Sandrart, the German Vasari. However, the marriage with Graff showed modern traits, which finally ended after a war of roses. Whether this already happened under the influence of the early Pietestist sectarians of the Labadists remains open. A woman as an independent art entrepreneur. In any case, in 1686 she moved to Nieuwerd Castle in the Netherlands into a Purisite community that today would be called a religious commune. However, the climate of the community became so radicalized that she moved to "unholy" Amsterdam in 1791. Her book editions were well respected, but due to the high cost and low circulation, she was forced to engage in sideline activities, such as teaching painting to women. Women and art remained a taboo subject until the end of the 19th century, which even Maria Sibylla could not change.
She was able to stabilize her economic situation to such an extent that she was able to start an expedition for science and art, her journey to Dutch Surinam, an adventure even for men at that time. After selling almost all her possessions, the already over 50-year-old embarked with her younger daughter to Suriname against all well-meaning recommendations. Her two years of research were followed by the publication of her magnum opus, the "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium", the fundamental book on the evolution of butterflies. With this early scientific natural research, she became the founder of butterfly science (lepidopterology). The natural scientists of the 19th century reviled her scientific image, but the founder of modern nomenclature in biology, Carl von Linné, appreciated her work. Unaffected by scientific debates, however, is one insight. Her depictions of plants, butterflies, and flowers remain unmatched.
Who still remembers the woman on the 500 Mark bill, and if they do, who is even familiar with this outstanding "female person" of the 17th century? Maria Sibylla Merian. She was the daughter of Matthäus Merian, Germany's most famous topographer and etcher to this day, whose art she learned about only in a roundabout way, since he died when she was 3 years old. Born in 1747, she belonged to the post-traumatic society of the Thirty Years' War. Her family environment was distinctly European. Her father was from Basel, her stepsiblings' mother from Flanders, her own mother from Wallonia, and her stepfather, the flower painter Jacob Marrel, from the Netherlands. She was highly talented, but she had no interest in the work of her stepbrothers, who continued to publish cityscapes and battle scenes in Frankfurt. She obviously loved nature, especially flowers, and her painterly sketches and especially her etchings, still today, as with her father mistakenly called copper engravings, found and still find great interest.
But this would probably not have been enough to classify her as an exceptional person. During her artistic activity, which showed an early maturity, she developed into an early representative of biological research and at the same time lived a life, even for today's understanding, open and almost novelistic. Where exactly her interest in nature came from can only be guessed. In any case, her most important teacher was Jacob Marrel, a student of Georg Flegel, who is considered today to be the real founder of still-life painting. She married Johann Andreas Graff, a pupil of her stepfather, and moved with him to Nuremberg. There she came to the attention of Joachim Sandrart, the German Vasari. However, the marriage with Graff showed modern traits, which finally ended after a war of roses. Whether this already happened under the influence of the early Pietestist sectarians of the Labadists remains open. A woman as an independent art entrepreneur. In any case, in 1686 she moved to Nieuwerd Castle in the Netherlands into a Purisite community that today would be called a religious commune. However, the climate of the community became so radicalized that she moved to "unholy" Amsterdam in 1791. Her book editions were well respected, but due to the high cost and low circulation, she was forced to engage in sideline activities, such as teaching painting to women. Women and art remained a taboo subject until the end of the 19th century, which even Maria Sibylla could not change.
She was able to stabilize her economic situation to such an extent that she was able to start an expedition for science and art, her journey to Dutch Surinam, an adventure even for men at that time. After selling almost all her possessions, the already over 50-year-old embarked with her younger daughter to Suriname against all well-meaning recommendations. Her two years of research were followed by the publication of her magnum opus, the "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium", the fundamental book on the evolution of butterflies. With this early scientific natural research, she became the founder of butterfly science (lepidopterology). The natural scientists of the 19th century reviled her scientific image, but the founder of modern nomenclature in biology, Carl von Linné, appreciated her work. Unaffected by scientific debates, however, is one insight. Her depictions of plants, butterflies, and flowers remain unmatched.
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.jpg "Lemon, from the Book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium by Maria Sibylla Merian")
.jpg "From the Book Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705 by Maria Sibylla Merian")