大英博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (大英博物館Instagram)「Trailblazing botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian was born #OnThisDay in 1647 🦜🦋🌿 Maria Sibylla Merian was a botanical artist of exceptional originality and a respected scholar of the natural sciences. She was also a successful businesswoman who paid little attention to the conventions of her day. Her fame stems from a remarkable journey from 1699 to 1701 to the Dutch colony of Surinam on the equatorial northeast coast of South America. Today, Suriname is the smallest independent country in South America. Made at her own expense, she was accompanied by her younger daughter Dorothea. The trip resulted in a magnificent work, ‘Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium’ (The transformation of the insects of Suriname) published in Amsterdam in 1705, which brought her international acclaim. As well as being an important contribution to natural science, her illustrations were admired for their magnificent details and lifelike feel 🦟🦗🐛 Read more about Maria Merian’s life via the link in our bio. 🔎 Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), ‘A Muscovy duck, standing on the head of a snake, the tail in its mouth’ from the album ‘Merian’s drawings of Surinam Insects’. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, about 1701–1705. 🔎 Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), ‘Life cycles of two moths’ from the album ‘Merian’s drawings of Surinam Insects’. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, about 1701–1705. 🔎 Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), ‘Golden Plover with examples of two butterflies’ from the album ‘Merian’s drawings of Surinam Insects’. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, about 1701–1705. 🔎 Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717), ‘Pineapple and examples of five insects’ from the album ‘Merian’s drawings of Surinam Insects’. Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, about 1701–1705. #BritishMuseum #WomenArtists #NaturalHistory #MariaSibyllaMerian」4月2日 18時30分