Price: $1,950.00
SKU: 104184
ARTIST: Maria Sibylla Merian
PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam by J. F. Bernard.
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,
DATE: c.1704-30.
EDITION SIZE: Sheet size 19 5/8 x 14 3/8" (49.8 x 36.4 cm).
DESCRIPTION: A fine engraving from Maria Sibylla Merian’s classic work, Over de Voortteeling en Wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche Insecten, or Metamorphosis of Surinamese insects.<br><br> This print shows a Swallow-tailed Butterfly, caterpillar and pupae, and the vegetation it feeds on, in this case Passion Fruit.<br><br> Maria Sibylla Merian, daughter of the German engraver and publisher Matthaus Merian, devoted herself to the study of European insects and their metamorphoses. As a result of the wealth of tropical varieties being brought back by the Dutch West Indies Company, she decided to visit the Dutch colony of Surinam herself to study and paint the insect life there. In 1699, both she and her daughter Dorothea, in travelled to Surinam, remaining there until 1701. An amazing and extremely hazardous journey for the period. Later, her elder daughter Johanna, travelled to Surinam to complete her mothers work. Most of the plates were engraved by P. Sluyter, J. Mulder and P. Stoopendal.<br><br>
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CONDITION: Good condition and color.
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