Auction 110 - Tag 3
Fine Art, Ceramics, Metalware & Sculptures
By Auktionshaus Mehlis
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May 27, 2023
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LOT 3708:
After Maria Sybilla Merian, Winds with Insects
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Sold for: €360
Start price:
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120
Buyer's Premium: 27%
VAT: 19%
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After Maria Sybilla Merian, Winds with Insects
Blooming winds with leaves and fruits, populated by all kinds of creatures, after Maria Sybilla Merian, sheet 50 from "Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium" (The Metamorphosis of Surinamese Insects), published by Gerard Valk, first published in Amsterdam in 1705, coloured copper engraving, signed in the lower area in the plate "J. Muder Sculp.", lower right number "50", on the back of the frame label and here handwritten inscription "Altkolorierter Kupferstich von Maria Sybilla Merian Gestochen von Mulder. About 1730", in mount, browned, framed under mount and behind glass, plate dimensions approx. 33,7 x 26 cm. Artist's info: Germ. Painter and entomologist (1647 Frankfurt/Main to 1717 Amsterdam), youngest child of Matthäus Merian the Elder, already in her childhood she got to know the different printing techniques in her father's business, her stepfather Jacob Marell awakened her interest in flower painting, 1675/80 she published her three-volume "Neues Blumenbuch", 1679 also in Nuremberg "Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandlung" was published, since 1691 resident in Amsterdam, from 1699 two-year research trip to Surinam, as a result of her research " Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium" was published, one of the most important works of early natural science , source: Thieme-Becker, Wikipedia and Internet.
