Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, 1647 in Frankfurt - died January 13, 1717 in Amsterdam) was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them. Her detailed observations and documentation of the metamorphosis of the butterfly make her a significant, albeit not well known, contributor to entomology. Wikipedia
Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) learned to paint from her stepfather, the still life artist Jacob Marrel. naturalhistory.mse.jhu.edu/ChronologicalTour/ChT_Merian.html
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