Shellfish (438) Baseball MERIAN BOTANICALS

MERIAN BOTANICALS

Image: 17 x 22"

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The smaller ones make excellent groupings

artists have been fascinated by the subject for centuries

Shellfish (438) Baseball MERIAN BOTANICALSSEBA'S SHELLFISH AND SNAKES Albert Seba (1665 1736) was a collector of natural curiosities who had become wealthy in the service of the Dutch East India Company. Through extensive travel, Seba collected thousands of new and exotic examples of Natural History. His collection became such a famous attraction that it was bought by Peter The Great for the vast sum of 15,000 guilders in 1717. However, with this money Seba soon began to assemble an even