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Maria Sibylla Merian - P. Sluyter Sculp - Guayave spiders and insects Nr. 18

Name: Maria Sibylla Merian - P. Sluyter Sculp - Guayave spiders and insects Nr. 18
Brand: Maria Sibylla Merian
Price: 599.96 USD
Availability: InStock

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From Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, first published 1705 Engravings by J. Mulder, P. Sluyter (Sluiter) and D. Stoopendaal after Maria Sybilla Merian. This plate is part of a comprehensive collection comprising 17 plates. Check out other listings to view the entire series. 1964 Hoffman and Campe Verlag, Hamburg Complete production Mladinska Knjiga, Ljubljana/Yugoslavia. This 1964 official reproduction table come from the editions: Dissertation sur la génération et les transformations des insectes de Surinam, The Hague, Pierre Gosse, 1726, and Over de Voortteeling en Wonderbaerlyke Veranderingen der Surinaamsche insects, Amsterdam, Jean Frederic Bernard, 1730. GUAYAVE, SPIDERS AND INSECTS This fruit tree, Psidium guajava, guava, guayave from the myrtle family, which is almost overrun with spiders and ants, comes from America, but is now cultivated everywhere in the hot latitudes. Jam is made from the fruits one of which is shown. Furthermore, as the eaten leaves indicate, vegetative life disappears under the throng of animals that overwhelms it. It is clear that in this picture the author took a step away from the enamel beauty of the butterflies; she wanted to counterbalance the decorative aspect and introduce the horror side of natural life. The Hades figures of the creature on the left dominate, especially the two tarantulas, which often come to us in banana bunches and are therefore numerous in the vivariums of zoological gardens. The tarantulas belong to the wolf spiders, the females surround the eggs with a silken web and drag this cocoon, which can be as big as a goose egg, around with them - see the right side of the picture! Tarantula bites can also be dangerous to humans. Of course, they feed on smaller insects, but they do not attack hummingbirds, as shown here. Ms. Merian's imagination has run wild; the contrast between the murderer and the murdered should be made visible, here the colorful helplessness of the little bird and there the bloodsucker perching on it. Orb spiders on the right and left, the left with the newly hatched young. Under the right tarantula are three one centimeter long predatory bugs. The three winged insects on the trunk at the bottom right cannot be identified, they could be winged ants, wasps or termites. Ants are the other long-legged insects, at the bottom right there are two with a cockroach larva with which they live in symbiosis. The ants enjoy the cockroach's sweet excretions and the cockroach enjoys their protection in return. The orb spiders are attacked by ant warriors. (Original plate no. 18) ____________________________________ Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) Joseph Mulder, Pieter Sluyter, and D. Stopendael worked as engravers from the original drawings by Merian, who oversaw all aspects of the publication of her works during her lifetime. The Metamorphosis is Merian's most famous work, resulting from her journey with her daughter Dorothea to Surinam in 1699. The two women spent two years studying and recording insects and plants, returning to Amsterdam with a series of finished drawings on vellum, sketches and specimens, from which they continued to work. The work first appeared simultaneously in Latin and Dutch in 1705 with 60 plates. Later editions all included 12 additional plates after Merian's elder daughter Johanna. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN, born in 1647 in Frankfurt on the Main, was a daughter of the renowned engraver and publisher, Matthaeus Merian. From childhood she showed a vivid interest in the world of plants and insects. In her engravings an eminent artistic talent meets with scientific accuracy. First she worked in Nuremberg, the birthplace of her husband, and at a later period in the Netherlands. From 1690 to 1701 she stayed, as a member of the Labadist congregation, in Surinam (Dutch Guiana), exploring the hitherto unknown beauties of tropical plants and butterflies; her most significant work, the METAMORPHOSIS INSECTORUM SURINAMENSIUM, was the result of this voyage. After her return to Europe, the artist died in 1717 in Amsterdam. MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLATES FROM THE BIG BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES AND PLANTS METAMORPHOSIS OF SURINAMESE INSECTS SELECTED INTRODUCED AND DESCRIBED BY GERHARD NEBEL MERIAN LIBRARY FROM HOFFMANN AND CAMPE PUBLISHING HAMBURG MCMLXIV

Creator:

Maria Sibylla Merian (Artist)

Dimensions:

Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 11.93 in (30.3 cm)Depth: 0.04 in (1 mm)

Style:

Other (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Paper,Other

Place of Origin:

Netherlands

Period:

18th Century

Date of Manufacture:

1964

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

EINDHOVEN, NL

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU9046237940812

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Maria Sibylla Merian - P. Sluyter Sculp - Guayave spiders and insects Nr. 18

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Antique 18th Century Dutch Other Prints