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MERIAN, Maria Sibylla (after)(1647 Frankfurt am Main - 1717 Amsterdam)
3 botanical illustrations
3 colored copper engravings. Each signed in the plate, each with ligature "HL".
Passepartout cutout each: 37.5 x 28 cm. Framed & behind glass : Each 55 x 41.5 cm.
Three depictions of plants with moths and insects from Suriname after Maria Sibylla Merian; from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium" (1705 - 1716), engraved by Jan Pieter Sluyter (probably 1675 - 1713) and Joseph Mulder (probably 1658 - 1728). Each somewhat foxed.
Important naturalist, explorer, flower and insect painter and engraver from the famous Merian family. She was among the first women to systematically study insects.
Limit 90 €
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