Details for Merian, Maria Sibylla

Full name: Merian, Maria Sibylla

This person or thing (agent) has been used 11 times within our collections systems.

As a maker of objects: 11 times.

Biographical note

German artist, 1647-1717
German painter and draughtsman, 1647-1717
German painter, 1647-1717
Swiss painter, printmaker, 1647-1717

Type of agent

Creator

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Hypericum Baxiferum, with several snails and a beetle

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla

Iris Susiana

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla

A blue honey creeper on a thistle, copulating snails below

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla

Arctium lappa (?) with Noctua comes

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla

Datura Wrightii

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla

Sisyrinchium with blue morpho butterfly

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla

Atlas beetle (Chalcosoma caucasus)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla (Follower of?)

Longhorn beetle (Callipogon armillatum)

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla (Follower of?)

François-Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Painter: Merian, Maria Sibylla (After)

Frederick Spanheim

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Gunst, Pieter Stevens van
Painter: Merian, Maria Sibylla (After)

A Merganser duck

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Merian, Maria Sibylla

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            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2025) "Agent details for Merian, Maria Sibylla" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/agent/agent-90875 Accessed: 2025-06-16 17:58:32

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