大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 1月14日 00時01分

Trailblazing naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian died #OnThisDay in 1717.

Merian specialised in scientifically accurate depictions of plants, animals and insects, and wrote books on her findings – swipe to see more of her work 👉

She made the two-month journey to Suriname from the Netherlands in 1699 with her daughter Dorothea. While there they made extensive notes and sketches, and collected specimens for future drawings. In 1705 she published her major work on Surinamese insects.

You can see more of Merian’s sophisticated combination of art and science on our Collection online – just search for the artist’s name!

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