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Maria Sibylla Merian & Daughters: Women of Art and Science
URL: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/merian/

Description:
Companion website to an exhibition that "charts the artistic and scientific explorations of German artist Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) and her daughters Johanna Helena and Dorothea Maria [who] raised the artistic standards of natural history illustration and helped transform the field of entomology, the study of insects." Features a slideshow with commentary, images, an essay, and bug coloring pages. From the Getty Museum.

LII Topics: Notable People: Women, Scientists, Women Artists

Publisher:
J. Paul Getty Trust

LII Database Information:
Record 26434 created by Jennifer English on 06/30/2008
Last modification on 02/17/2009
Published: 02/26/2009  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/26434

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