Merian, Maria Sibylla (1647 - 1717)
| Short name | Merian, Maria Sibylla |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/106967757 |
| First name | Maria Sibylla |
| Birth name | Merian |
| Married name | |
| Date of birth | 1647 |
| Date of death | 1717 |
| Flourishing | - |
| Sex | Female |
| Place of birth | Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |
| Lived in | Surinam , Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) , Schleswig , Wierwerd , Amsterdam , Nürnberg |
| Place of residence notes |
| Mother | |
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| Father | Merian, Matthäus |
| Children | Herolt, Johanna Helena , Graff, Dorothea Maria |
| Religion / ideology | |
| Education | |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
| Graf, Johann Andreas | 1664-1685 |
Merian, Maria Sibylla was ...
| family: non-household and student of | Marrel, Jacob |
| family: non-household | Merian, Caspar |
| student of | Mignon, Abraham |
| mentor of | Ruysch, Rachel |
| Profession(s) | Painter |
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| Memberships | |
| Place(s) of Residence | Surinam (1699-1701) , Frankfurt am Main (Hessen) , Schleswig (1683-1685) , Wierwerd (1685-1691) , Amsterdam , Nürnberg (1667-None) |
Author of
| receptions | circulations | |
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| Topographien (1642) | 1 | 0 |
| Historia Naturalis (1653) | 1 | 0 |
| De Rupsenne (1680) | 4 | 0 |
| Der Raupen wunderbare Wandelung und sonderbare Blumen-nahrung (1683) | 2 | 0 |
| Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) | 27 | 2 |
| *Metamorphosis Insectorum Europa | 15 | 1 |
| *Erucarum ortus Metamorphosis | 10 | 0 |
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Receptions of Merian, Maria Sibylla, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Jacob Marrel, portrait of a woman called Maria Sibylla Merian, 1679 | 1679 | is portrait of | |
| *Mention in Brief aan den Heer Denker | Unknown reader (to be identified) | 1765 | - |
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium was the result of a research expedition to South America undertaken with her daughter from 1699-1701".
In 1675, Merian was included in Joachim von Sandrart's Teutsche Academie