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This Round: Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 - 1717

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Maria Sibylla Merian was a German-born naturalist and scientific illustrator. Merian received her artistic training from her stepfather, Jacob Marrel, a student of the still life painter Georg Flegel. Merian published her first book of natural illustrations in 1675. She had started to collect insects as an adolescent and at age 13, she raised silkworms.

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In 1699, Merian traveled to Dutch Surinam to study and record the tropical insects. In 1705, she published Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Merian's Metamorphosis has been credited with influencing a range of naturalist illustrators. Because of her careful observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly, she is considered by David Attenborough to be among the more significant contributors to the field of entomology. She discovered many new facts about insect life through her studies.

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Choose your favourite Maria Sibylla Merian illustration

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1) Cresson (1705)

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2) Dissertation sur la Generation et les Transformations des Insectes de Surinam Pl.13 (1705)

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3) Insects and Fish with Island Background (1705-1771)

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4) Pallisaden-boom (1705)

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5) Rat de Forest (1705)

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6) Rosier (1705)

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7) Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) and a False Coral Snake (Anilius scytale) (1705)

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8) (1705)

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DAUGHTER FOUR

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The names are Ancient Roman, like Maria‘s middle name

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1) Seraphina Maura Honorina Engratia Claritia Amabilia Beatrix Daria Florentina Laetitia Prudentia
2) Quirina Lauriana Florina Delphina Benedicta Amanda Clementia Febronia Ignatia Modesta Serena
3) Sibylla Monica Illuminata Felicia Columba Amata Benigna Desiderata Fortunata Leocadia Regina
4) Regila Leonia Francisca Desideria Bibiana Angela Constantia Feliciana Isaura Narcissa Ursa
5) Verena Patricia Johanna Felicitas Constantina Aurea Candida Dominica Generosa Leontina Renata
6) Romana Liberia Honorata Domna Carina Barbara Corona Felina Justa Perpetua Viatrix
7) Victorina Petronilla Justina Firmina Crescentia Beata Christiana Domnina Honoria Margarita Salvatrix
8) Scholastica Martrona Honorina Donata Clara Liberata Cyriaca Eligia Florentia Katerina Pia Violante

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formerly Belphoebe

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I am in the mood
to dissolve
in the sky.
- Virginia Woolf

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This message was edited 12/18/2024, 9:33 AM