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Maria Sibylla Merian
German-Dutch entomologist, botanist, naturalist, scientific illustrator, graphic artist, painter, and lepidopterologist (1647-1717)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 2 April 1647
- Died
- 13 January 1717
- Place of birth
- Frankfurt
- Place of death
- Amsterdam
- Sex or gender
- female
- Family name
- Merian
- Father
- Matthäus Merian
- Spouse
- Johann Andreas Graff
- Field of work
- entomology
- Occupation
- entomologist, lepidopterist, botanist, naturalist, painter, illustrator, scientific illustrator, botanical illustrator
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic, Germany
- artist files at
- Frick Art Research Library, Centro di documentazione sulla storia delle donne artiste in Europa dal Medioevo al Novecento
- catalog code
- 11
- described by source
- Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, The Great Theatre of Dutch Painters, Women Painters of the World, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, 1905, Lives of Flemish, German, and Dutch painters, The Lives of Dutch painters and paintresses, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, 1001 Vrouwen uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis, Great Women Masters of Art, Die Damen mit dem grünen Daumen - Berühmte Gärtnerinnen, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Forgotten Women: The Scientists, Women In Science
- has works in the collection
- Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, ASR historic collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, British Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum, M Leuven
- married name
- Graff
- name in native language
- Maria Sibylla Merian
- notable work
- Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
- place of burial
- Heiligewegs- en Leidsche Kerkhof
- significant person
- Dorothea Maria Graff
- stepparent
- Jacob Marrel
- topic's main category
- Category:Maria Sibylla Merian
- work location
- Surinam, Dutch Republic
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