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Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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    MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)

    Common or Spectacled Caiman with South American False Coral Snake

    c.1705-10

    RCIN 921218

    Merian would have seen caimans in Surinam, and she took preserved specimens back to Amsterdam both to use as models for her paintings and to sell to Dutch collectors.

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