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Working closely with artists, patrons like Agnes Block (1629–1704) and Margaret Cavendish Bentinck, Duchess of Portland (1715–1785), documented and disseminated information about their rich holdings during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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Many women artists not only skillfully recorded specimens but also produced new knowledge about them, simultaneously inhabiting the two spheres. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) exemplifies this dual focus, having researched and published a brilliantly illustrated treatise on the metamorphosis of insects, a subject only partially understood in her day.
Location
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10016
Image: Maria Sibylla Merian 1647–1717, Black Tegu Lizard (Tupinambis teguixin)