Article: Merian, Maria Sibylla (16471717)

MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA (1647 1717)

MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA (1647 1717), German artist and naturalist. Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt into a family with a distinguished history in the visual arts, particularly with respect to the study and exploration of the natural world. Her father, Matth ä us Merian the Elder, inherited a prosperous publishing house from Jean Th é odore de Bry, whose America (Frankfurt, 1590) presented some of the earliest images of the peoples, plants, and animals of North America to European audiences. Maria Sibylla's half-brothers Matth ä us Merian the Younger and Kaspar Merian took over the family business after the death of ...

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