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Anna Maria Sibylla Merian
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Fan account of Anna Maria Sibylla Merian, a German-born naturalist and illustrator.
1647-1717
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Metamorphosis of a Butterfly https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/metamorphosis-of-a-butterfly-1705
Metamorphosis of a Butterfly
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Pineapple and cockroaches https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/pineapple-and-cockroaches-1705
Pineapple and cockroaches
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Title Page from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium https://collections.artsmia.org/art/75544/
In Full Bloom: Masterworks of Flower Illustration Botanical illustrators working in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries devoted themselves to the medicinal qualities of plants and sought to render plant structure and function as precisely as they could. Later, European explorers brought specimens back from exotic locales, and artists carefully reproduced them for an audience fascinated by new discoveries. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, artists had shifted their emphasis from scientific illustration to the innate beauty of the plant or flower. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is fortunate to possess an impressive collection of more than 2,000 botanical prints and drawings. This exhibition highlights a selection of floral masterworks made by the leaders of botanical illustration, among them Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Jean Louis Prévost, Priscilla Susan Bury, and Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer. These works are assembled to honor the twenty-fifth anniversary of Art in Bloom, which will grace the museum from May 1 to 4, 2008. This annual event, organized by the Friends of the Institute, brings together floral designers from the region to create arrangements inspired by specific works of art on view at the MIA. Each year the Art in Bloom committee selects a signature image to promote the event, often choosing a work from the museum's permanent collection. Visitors who frequent Art in Bloom will recognize many of the images in this gallery from past Art in Blooms. The most recognizable name in this exhibition is the incomparable Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840). Often called the "Raphael of Flowers," Redouté set a new standard in the field for his sumptuous renditions of single blooms and entire bouquets. Redouté's paintings, like those of other botanical artists, were translated into engravings and painstakingly finished by hand. These exquisite prints, most executed by French printmakers, came to the MIA's Department of Prints and Drawings from the collection of Dwight and Helen Minnich, who had a special f
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Caterpillars, Butterflies and Flower https://collections.artsmia.org/art/7368/
Plate 11 In this beautifully balanced composition, Merian has depicted two Saturniid moths Arsenura armada (Cramer) at top right and bottom left. The larvae are not the early stage of this moth as Merian had thought, but of another species. The plant in the center is the Palisade tree, which can grow sixty-five feet tall and is native to tropical South America. The Saturniid moth has a wide distribution from Mexico to southern Brazil and can vary greatly in appearance.
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Granatapfel https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/granatapfel-1705
Granatapfel
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Plate of a moth (Eumorpha labruscae) that feeds on grape (Vitis vinifera) https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/plate-of-a-moth-eumorpha-labruscae-that-feeds-on-grape-vitis-vinifera
Plate of a moth (Eumorpha labruscae) that feeds on grape (Vitis vinifera)
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Plate CLXVIII, Restruck on Vellum, from "Histoire des Insects de l'Europe" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/75573/
Plate CLXVIII, Restruck on Vellum, from "Histoire des Insects de l'Europe"
November 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/from-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-1705
from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLV https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/from-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-plate-xlv-1705
from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XLV
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Plate showing stages of Cocytius antaeus, from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/plate-showing-stages-of-cocytius-antaeus-from-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium
Plate showing stages of Cocytius antaeus, from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/from-der-raupen-wunderbare-verwandlung-und-sonderbare-blumennahrung-plate-clxix-1680
from Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung und sonderbare Blumennahrung, Plate CLXIX
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/spiders-ants-and-hummingbird-on-a-branch-of-a-guava-1705
Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Wasserskorpion, Frösche, Kaulquappen und Wasserhyazinthe https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/wasserskorpion-fr-sche-kaulquappen-und-wasserhyazinthe-1705
Wasserskorpion, Frösche, Kaulquappen und Wasserhyazinthe
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Plate #23- Musa paradisiaca, Caligo teucer and Cnemidophorus lemniscatus https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/plate-23-musa-paradisiaca-caligo-teucer-and-cnemidophorus-lemniscatus
Plate #23- Musa paradisiaca, Caligo teucer and Cnemidophorus lemniscatus
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname), figure 46 https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-metamorphosis-of-the-insects-of-suriname-figure-46-1705
Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname), figure 46
November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XIII. (Spondias purpurea) https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/from-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-plate-xiii-spondias-purpurea-1705
from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, Plate XIII. (Spondias purpurea)
November 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Musa paradisiaca https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/musa-paradisiaca-1705
Musa paradisiaca
November 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-1705
Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Plate CLXVIII, Restruck on Vellum, from "Histoire des Insects de l'Europe" https://collections.artsmia.org/art/75573/
Plate CLXVIII, Restruck on Vellum, from "Histoire des Insects de l'Europe"
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Plate LXXXV, from Erucarum Ortus Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamorphosis (1679-1717) https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/plate-lxxxv-from-erucarum-ortus-alimentum-et-paradoxa-metamorphosis-1679-1717-1717
Plate LXXXV, from Erucarum Ortus Alimentum et Paradoxa Metamorphosis (1679-1717)
November 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium https://www.wikiart.org/en/maria-sibylla-merian/from-metamorphosis-insectorum-surinamensium-1705
from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium
October 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM