Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium

1705

Artist Maria Sibylla Merian DE, 1647 - 1717

Author Maria Sibylla Merian DE, 1647 - 1717

Publisher Gerardum Valk, Amsterdam, NL

MediumPapier; handkoloriert

DimensionsBuchgrösse (HxB): 53.5 x 36.5cm, 92 Blätter Blattgrösse (HxB): 51.5 x 34.5cm

Description«Maria Sibylla Merian started collecting insects at eleven years old, a rather dangerous hobby at that time considering insects were little studied and their collecting was seen as either disgusting or part of witchcraft. Rather than ending up burned on a pile, however, she went on a research trip to Surinam to collect her beloved creatures alive in order to study and draw them.»
Stefan Sagmeister

Object numberE MERM 1

DepartmentGrafiksammlung

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Exhibitions

Credit LineZürcher Hochschule der Künste / Museum für Gestaltung Zürich / Grafiksammlung Restaurierung mit Unterstützung von: Freundeskreis Museum für Gestaltung Zürich