# @gettymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CbS_3ysPejM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34228495-gettymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c0854ff8ad.jpg
- **Posted:** 2022-03-19T19:17:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty (@gettymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/gettymuseum

## Caption

At a time when people believed moths, caterpillars, and other bugs spontaneously spawned from rotten fruit and meat, how did Maria Sibylla Merian create such lifelike drawings?

The answer might surprise you. Find it at the #LinkInBio.

🏷️ #Getty #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenArtists #Drawings #Nature #Insects #Art #GermanArt

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## Tags

insects, getty, drawings, nature, art, womenartists, germanart, linkinbio, womenshistorymonth

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