A Google doodle is today marking the 366th anniversary of the birth of Maria Sibylla Merian, German naturalist and scientific illustrator.
A Google doodle celebrating the work of Maria Sibylla Merian
The German naturalist and artist Maria Sibylla Merian is today being honoured
by a Google
doodle, on the 366th anniversary of her birth.
Merian is known in the world of science and nature for studying plants and
insects and producing detailed paintings of them.
She was born in Frankfurt in 1647 and began painting insect specimens she had
captured at the age of 13. She later worked as a botanic artist, publishing
three collections of engravings of plants in 1675, 1677 and 1680.
