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Her mother was dutch, and she married the dutch flower painter jacob marrell. Women of art and sciencejune 10august 31, 2008 this is the first major exhibition of merian s work in america. The flowering genius of maria sibylla merian by ingrid d. Merian published her first book of natural illustrations in 1675.
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