Today’s Google doodle is about the German naturalist and artist, Maria Sibylla Merian. Here’s a drawing of a rose done by her.
Sketchbook Page with Rose by Maria Sibylla Merian, 1675
She was born into an engraver’s family, helped support her family by giving drawing lessons to the daughters of wealthy families, married and had two daughters of her own, and continued to work. She left her husband when she was 38 and eventually divorced him. In 1692!
Exiled Stardust 