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Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava

Maria Sibylla Merian · 1705

Maria Sibylla Merian: 1647 - 1717

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    The biography identifies Maria Sibylla Merian as an artistic influence on Deirdre Hyde. The inspiration concerns the artists' adventurous tradition of recording nature, not a claimed formal painting style. Explicit secondary-source assertion; independent historical verification remains pending.

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Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava

1705

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Maria Sibylla Merian. Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava. Image: WikiArt. Public domain (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.

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Maria Sibylla Merian. Spiders, ants and hummingbird on a branch of a guava. Image: WikiArt. Public domain (WikiArt label). Proportionally resized and JPEG compressed; no crop.