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Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian Caterpillars oil painting on canvas
Caterpillars
Painting ID::  38914
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Maria Sibylla Merian Caterpillars oil painting on canvas



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  Maria Sibylla Merian
  German Baroque Era Illustrator, 1647-1717,Daughter of Mattheus Merian. After her father's death, her mother married in 1651 the flower still-life painter Jacob Marell, who became Maria Sibylla's teacher. On 16 May 1665 she married Johann Andreas Graff, another pupil of her stepfather. She thenceforth specialized in illustrations of flowers, fruit and, especially, grubs, flies, gnats and spiders. In 1670 the family moved to Nuremberg. In 1675 Sandrart referred to her in the Teutsche Academie, reporting that she painted on cloth (i.e. silk, satin). With Graff, she produced a book of flowers, the first part appearing in 1675; a second edition, enlarged by parts 2 and 3 ,came out in 1680, entitled Florum fasciculi tres. It included 36 engravings intended to serve as patterns for embroidery.
  Caterpillars
  mk141 post-1670 Opaque paint on parchment 9.8x13.2cm

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