Botanical prints by Johanna Helena Herolt, daughter of Maria Sibylla Merian whose lovely butterflies we just looked at. On the cusp of the 17th to 18th century. Born in Frankfurt she later married, moved to Suriname and kept making art.

Art 1 Minute
Flor Solis (Sonnenblume).
Flor Solis (Sonnenblume). In the public domain due to age. via http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2015-06-23T01:25:00%2B10:00&max-results=6
Vritilaria (Schachblume).
Vritilaria (Schachblume). In the public domain due to age. via http://skywalker-terraincognita.blogspot.com/2015/05/floreal-and-insect-art.html
Shaert en wilde Violen (Stiefmütterchen und wilde Veilchen).
Shaert en wilde Violen (Stiefmütterchen und wilde Veilchen). In the public domain due to age. via http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2015-06-23T01:25:00%2B10:00&max-results=6
Een Bloem Pot (Eine Blumenvase).
Een Bloem Pot (Eine Blumenvase). In the public domain due to age. via http://skywalker-terraincognita.blogspot.com/2015/05/floreal-and-insect-art.html

These lovely pieces are amongst 50 that you can look at here: http://kulturerbe.niedersachsen.de/viewer/suche/-/Johanna%20Helena%20Herolt/1/-/ Enjoy!

Published by sarahbguestperry

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.

Published

Leave a Reply