This notecard features Maria Sibylla Merian’s illustrations of a Pomegranate, a Blue Morpho Butterfly, and a Larva from the Getty Research Institute collection. Maria was a German artist who focused on natural history illustration and Entomology, the study of insects. She was one of the earliest European naturalists to document her observations.
- 5x7 Notecard
- Printed on recycled or FSC paper with soy-based inks
- High-quality 250 gsm card stock
- Soft white envelope
- Item #: NC034
Maria Sibylla Merian (German- Swiss, 1647-1717)
Branch of pomegranate tree with blue morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus)
And larva of banded sphinx ( Eumorpha fasciata).
Transfer engraving, hand-colored in Maria Sibylla Merian’s
Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (Amsterdam, 1719), p.9
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (89-B10750)
