Butterfly art to make your living room look like an endless summer. From German naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian. (1647-1717).

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"Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium." 1705.
“Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium.” 1705. Hand colored engraving. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merian_Metamorphosis_LX.jpg
"Duroia sp. and assorted insects." 1705.
“Duroia sp. and assorted insects.” 1705. Hand colored copper engraving. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duroia_sp00.jpg
Plate XLV from "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium". 1705.
Plate XLV from “Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium”. 1705. Hand colored copper engraving. Artwork in the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merian-grafic-senkenberg_hg.jpg
Moths, Treehopper, Giant Boa. Plate 5, one of a group of five plates from Dissertatio de Generations et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1719. Engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper, with margins. German. Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator (1647-1717). Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30421/lot/435/maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717-five-plates-from-dissertatio-de-generations-et-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-5/
Banana Plant, Teucer, Giant Owl Butterfly. Plate 23, one of a group of five plates from Dissertatio de Generations et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1719. Engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper, with margins. German. Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator (1647-1717). Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30421/lot/435/maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717-five-plates-from-dissertatio-de-generations-et-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-5/
Pineapple with cockroaches. Plate 2, one of a group of five plates from Dissertatio de Generations et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1719. Engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper, with margins. German. Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator (1647-1717). Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30421/lot/435/maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717-five-plates-from-dissertatio-de-generations-et-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-5/
Cecilia Metalmark Butterfly, Sphinx Moth. Plate 38,  one of a group of five plates from Dissertatio de Generations et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1719. Engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper, with margins. German. Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator (1647-1717). Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30421/lot/435/maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717-five-plates-from-dissertatio-de-generations-et-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-5/
Jatropha Moth. Plate 4, one of a group of five plates from Dissertatio de Generations et Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, 1719. Engraving with hand-coloring on laid paper, with margins. German. Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator (1647-1717). Image © Bonhams 2001-2024. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30421/lot/435/maria-sibylla-merian-1647-1717-five-plates-from-dissertatio-de-generations-et-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-5/

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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