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Zwischen Surinam und Wiesbaden: Van de Plas im Dialog mit Merian
Joos van de Plas folgt im Museum Wiesbaden den Spuren Maria Sibylla Merians und verwandelt Forschung, Reise und…
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"Rose with Metamorphosis of Leaf Roller and a Glued Beetle Larva," Maria Sibylla Merion, after 1679.
Merian (1647-1717) was a German entomologist, naturalist, and scientific illustrator. She was one of the first European naturalists to document insect life from direct observation. The daughter of a Swiss engraver and publisher, she collected insects as a child and published her first collection of illustrations in 1675. She published a two-volume work on caterpillars, from which this image is taken. And that's an actual dried beetle larva glued to the main flower; she did that with a number of her illustrations but most have fallen off long ago.
She traveled to South American and observed insect life there, also publishing her findings to great acclaim.
Her direct observations of the metamorphic process were an enormous influence on the scientific world; David Attenborough calls her one of the most significant contributors to the field of entomology.
From the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.
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