Maria Sibylla Merian

Janice L. Neri

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Abstract

(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, Matthäus Merian the Elder, inherited a prosperous publishing house from Jean Théodore 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 Matthäus Merian the Younger and Kaspar Merian took over the family business after the death of their father and continued to publish illustrated works of natural history and other subjects. In 1651 Maria Sibylla's mother married Jacob Marrel, an artist who had studied with several prominent German and Dutch still-life painters.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationEurope 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
StatePublished - 2004

Keywords

  • natural history
  • scientific illustration
  • women

EGS Disciplines

  • Illustration
  • European History
  • History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
  • Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture

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