Sold2021Maria S Merian Naturalist Engraving Butterflies Pl. 60This is a hand colored engraving by naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717). This engraving is plate 60 from Merian's book “Metamorphosis insectorum SurinaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Ana Maria Sybilla Merian (German, 1647-1717), Two Antique Butterfly and Orange Engravings fromAna Maria Sybilla Merian (German, 1647-1717), Two Antique Butterfly and Orange Engravings from Insects of Surinamhand-colored engravings on laid paper, 18th century, full title of Merian's text readsSee Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibilla, Lemon & Butterfly[Prints] Merian, Maria SibillaLemon & Butterfly(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Scattered spotting. 22 1/4 x 18 3/8 in. (565 x 466 mm). Unexamined out of frame.Plate 65 from the first DutchSee Sold Price
Sold2023Two Maria Merian Butterfly Hand Colored Etchings18th century. Engravings having excellent hand colored detail and framed and matted very nicely. Sight size: H14 1/2" W11 1/8" (without frame) Sold from the collection of a Kiawah Island, South CaroliSee Sold Price
Sold2019Merian Botanical Butterfly Prints (2)Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Flowers, fruits, insects of Surinam. Pair of hand colored engravings. Amsterdam, 18th C. 12 1/2" x 16".See Sold Price
Sold2021Merian Antique Botanical Insect Print Set (6)Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). 6 natural history prints. Flowers butterflies. Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium. Amsterdam: 1705. Hand-colored engravings. Early manuscript scientific notes inSee Sold Price
Sold2023Maria S. Merian 1647-1717 EngravingEarly hand colored engraving by J. Mulder. Full Sheet 19 1/2"H x 13 3/4"W. Few minor stains otherwise good condition.See Sold Price
Sold2023Maria S. Merian 1647-1717 EngravingEarly hand colored engraving by P. Sluyter. Full Sheet 19 1/2"H x 13 3/4"W. 2 tears to upper right one & lower left. Top right corner missing, one leaf with hole. Some slight foxing.See Sold Price
Sold2023Two Maria S. Merian 1647-1717 EngravingTwo early hand colored engravings, one with no engraver, the other by J Mulder. Plate 2. 19 1/2"H x 13 3/4"W. With loss to and repair to one leaf; second tear t & loss to 2 leaves.See Sold Price
Sold2023Maria S. Merian 1647-1717 EngravingPlate 2. Early hand colored engraving by P. Sluyter. Full Sheet 19 1/2"H x 13 3/4"W. Few scattered stains. Some wear to pineapple, otherwise good condition.See Sold Price
Sold2021(2pc) MARIA SIBILLA MERIAN BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGSMaria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647-1717), including "Musa Seraptionis" and "Citrus cum Eruca," each framed h. 12 w. 9-1/2 in. (sight) overall: 18 x 15 in. (frame) Provenance: Private collection, ThornSee Sold Price
Sold2022Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) Maria Sybilla Merian, 1969This is a very fine portrait of 17th century artist and naturalist Maria Sybilla Merian by Leonard Baskin. Etching in colors, plate size 17 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches, published in 1969 in an edition of 90,See Sold Price
Sold2021Decorator Butterfly Waste Basket - Maria Sybilla MerianDecorator Butterfly Waste Basket - Maria Sybilla Merian. 10 x 12See Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibilla, Papaya[Prints] Merian, Maria SibillaPapaya(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Scattered minor spotting. 28 1/4 x 24 in. (717 x 609 mm). Unexamined out of frame.Plate 62 from the first Dutch edition oSee Sold Price
Sold2021Four 18th C. Chinese Blue & White DishesQianlong period dishes with a design of irises after a botanical print by the German naturalist and scientific illustrator Maria Sybilla Merian. Labels to verso for R & G McPherson Antiques, London. TSee Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibylla, Morpho Achilles &[Prints] Merian, Maria SibyllaMorpho Achilles & Cherries(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Printed by P. Sluyter after a watercolor by Merian. Scattered minor spotting. 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (64See Sold Price
Sold2020[Prints] Merian, Maria Sibylla, Great Owlet Moth[Prints] Merian, Maria SibyllaGreat Owlet Moth(Amsterdam, 1730). Hand-colored engraving. Printed by J. Mulder after a watercolor by Merian. 25 1/4 x 21 1/4 in. (641 x 539 mm). Scattered minor spottingSee Sold Price
Sold2016Merian (Maria Sybilla) - [Spiders]a plate for Insects of Surinam, original hand-coloured engraving by Jan Pieter Sluyter, 395 x 315mm., Amsterdam, 1705-19.See Sold Price
Sold2022SEVEN HAND-COLORED PRINTS, MOSTLY BUTTERFLIES Early 19th Century Each 8.25” x 4.75”SEVEN HAND-COLORED PRINTS, MOSTLY BUTTERFLIESEarly 19th CenturySix in the manner of, or after Maria Sibylla Merian, depicting various stages of metamorphosis. One depicts a fly.Each 8.25” x 4.75See Sold Price
Sold2018Maria Sibylla Merian. Frog Metamorphosis. 1726.Merian, Maria Sibylla. German (1647-1717). 'lxxi. Frog metamorphosis' from "Metamorphasibus Insectorum Surinamensium," The Hague: Gosse, 1726. Folio, on sheets 18.5" x 13". Engravings by J. Mulder, P.See Sold Price
Sold20173 Hand Colored EngravingsThree 15" x 11 1/2" hand colored engravings 'From the Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname,' drawn by Maria Sybilla Merian, engraved by P. Sluyter, circa 1719, labels on versoSee Sold Price
Sold20234 Hand Colored EngravingsHand colored engravings on laid paper, in uniform matting and framing..drawn by Maria Sybilla Merian, engraved by Pieter Sluyter and Joseph Mulder..minor foxing and sheet waviness, not examined out ofSee Sold Price
Sold202318th C. Botanical Etching / Maria Sibylla Merian"Mature Pineapple with Butterfly". Hand colored etching after Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717). Engraved by Pieter Sluyter (1675-1713). Appears in good condition with expected signs of age; not examinSee Sold Price
Sold20172 Hand Colored EngravingsTwo 12 3/4" x 9 3/4" hand colored engravings 'From the Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname,' drawn by Maria Sybilla Merian, engraved by Sluyter, circa 1730, info on verso, in A. Heydenryk woodenSee Sold Price
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