M. M. ; Matthäus jun. / MM / Merian the Younger / der Jüngere ;
Anthonetta Margaretha Barthels in 1652
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1621 in Basel, Switzerland
1687
Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, now Germany
copper engr. ->Matthaeus Merian the Elder (1593-50), mother Maria Magdalena, née de Bry
sister -> Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & brother ->Caspar Merian (1627-86), both illustrator & engr.
pupil of Joachim von Sandrart in Frankfurt 1637 in Amsterdam, since 1639 Anthonis van Dyck in London, since 1641 in Paris.
Germany
Jan Jonston (1603-75): Historiae Naturalis, & Theatrum universale omnium animalium insectorum 1768; M Merian et al. (eds.) Topographia Germaniae & Theatrum Europaeum; possibly also collab. w. his father: Der Fruchtbringenden Gesellschaft Nahmen/Vorhaben/ Gemählde, 1646
father ->Matthaeus Merian the Elder (1593-50); sister-> Sybilla Merian; pupil ->Bartholomäus Kilian (1630-96) in Frankfurt; draughtsman ->Clemens Beuttler
topographic drawing, copperplate engraving, hand-coloring, painting; also natural history illustr.
