Dissertation sur la generation et les transformations des insectes de Surinam Pl.41 (1705)
Maria Sibylla Merian1705 · Portrait · Public domain
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Provenance and rights
- Rights
- Public domain (artist died 1717)
Specifications
- Year
- 1705
- Nationality / school
- German
- Lifespan
- 1647–1717
About the artwork
Dated 1705, "Dissertation sur la generation et les transformations des insectes de Surinam Pl.41" is an artwork by Maria Sibylla Merian. Historical background, 1705: In Japan, ukiyo-e woodblock printing flourished in the Edo period and made colour prints a popular and affordable art form. The Enlightenment and the habit of the Grand Tour fed a wider interest in science, travel, antiquity, and natural history, and illustrators accompanied many expeditions. Background on Plants & Animals: Naturalists and artists often worked together, especially on voyages and in published surveys of flora and fauna. Images of plants and animals run from medieval herbals and bestiaries to the scientific illustration of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. The catalogue places it in Plants & Animals. The format is portrait.
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About the artist
German, 1647–1717
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