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Study of Capers, Gorse, and a Beetle
1693 · Watercolor, white gouache, on vellum
sheet: 14 x 10 5/16 in. (35.5 x 26.2 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Maria Sibylla Merian
German-Dutch, 1647–1717
Frankfurt, Germany
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Maria Sibylla Merian was a German entomologist, naturalist and scientific illustrator. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document observations about insects directly. Merian was a descendant of the Frankfurt branch of the Swiss Merian family.
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