Maria Sibylla Merian, "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium", Amsterdam, [1705]
Merian, Maria Sibylla (illustrator)
Valck, Gerard (drukker/printer)
year: 1705
type: illustratie
illustration
detail: nee
dimensions: 29,5 x 39,5 cm.
related persons: Merian. Maria Sibylla
related terms: illustraties gravure illustratoren afzetten
period: 18e eeuw
classification:
E: Boekillustratie
contents: Book illustrations considerably supplemented the contents of the text. They allowed the readers an impression of faraway regions and foreign peoples, of exotic animals and plants, as is shown here in this book by Maria Sibylla Merian. This artist, originally from Germany, came from a well-known family of artists, scholars and booksellers, and had lived with her two daughters in the Netherlands since 1685. From 1699-1701 she stayed in Surinam, where she produced a large number of paintings of plants and insects. This book with 60 coloured engravings is based on them.
origineel:
source: Merian, Maria Sibylla,. - Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Ofte Verandering der Surinaamse insecten. [...]. - Amsterdam: Gerard Valck, 1705, pl. 12
available in: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag 1041 B 35
©description: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
©reproduction: Den Haag Koninklijke Bibliotheek
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