Maria Sibylla Merian, an extraordinary artist
Maria Sibylla Merian was born in Frankfurt on 13 April 1647, towards the end of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). She was the youngest daughter of Matthaeus Merian the Elder (1593-1650), who after the death of his first wife married Johanna Sibylla Heim (ca. 1620-1690). Matthaeus Merian was originally from Basel and had trained in …