Botanical Illustrations

Exquisite botanical prints illustrating flowers and plants, featuring delicate details and soft color schemes that highlight natural beauty.

Herb, Caspar Luyken, Jan Claesz ten Hoorn, 1698

GUIRNALDA DE FLORES - BORDADO - SIGLO XIX. Author: PINDEMONTI ELISA. Location: MUSEO DEL ROMANTICISMO-BORDADO. MADRID. SPAIN.

Mural painting depicting a clypeus with Medusa's head, an oak and two palm branches; in the lower painting, a village with buildings, towers, a walled villa and some figures, Herculaneum, Campania, Italy, engraving by Filippo Morghen from Le antichita di Ercolano esposte (The antiquities of Herculaneum exposed), Vv.Aa., volume I, plate 49, 1757-1787, Naples.

Print, Four Ornamental Rosette Designs; Designed by A. Panier (French, active 18th century); Print Maker: Jean-François Janinet (French, 1752 - 1814); Published by Louis-Marin Bonnet (French, 1736 - 1793); France; crayon-manner engraving with red ink on paper

Gloire de Dijon rose, variety of the noisette rose raised by Monsieur Jacotot of Dijon in 1853. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's "Les Roses," Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. François Frédéric Grobon (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated "Fleurs" after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres.

Calash. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 29 x 22.5 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Fanchon Larzelere.

Frankfurt, Bry, Johann Israel de, Johann Theodor de, Nova Alphati Effictio, Ornamental alphabet, Letter W with the personification of Truth, verso of print - stamped, Ornamental letter W with the winged personification of Truth with in her hands the book of truth before the radiant sun. On the right a naked woman. The letter is further decorated with a trophy, a butterfly, bunches of fruits and insects. On the verso verses in Latin and German. Print is part of an album., print, ornamental print, album page, prints, height 217 mm, width 163 mm, South Netherlands, 1561 - 1623, print maker, printmaker, 1595 - 1595, paper, engraving, engraving (printing process), letterpress printing

Untitled watercolours, works on paper

Tulp (tulip), Anselm Bootius of Boodt, 1596 - 1610 drawing Two red and white tulips. Numbered at the top right: 20. Part of the first album with drawings of flowers and plants. Eighth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on behalf of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. draughtsman: Praagdraughtsman: Delft paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint. chalk brush flowers: tulip

Two tulips with snail house and water lady, Jacob Marrel, 1639 drawing The drawing is part of an album. parchment (animal material). deck paint. pencil. watercolor (paint) brush flowers: tulip. insects: dragon-fly

Design for an Embroidery or Woven Fabric of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and light blue, white, and brown gouache on glazed tracing paper, Bottom: Three feathers form a horizontal row. From behind rise three more. Upon the left one stand two more in diminishing sizes and of opposite directions in alternate horizontal rows., France, 1800-1815, Drawing, Drawing

Madame Edouard Ory rose, hybrid of the moss rose, Rosa muscosa, raised by Monsieur Robert of Angers in 1854. Chromolithograph drawn and lithographed after nature by F. Grobon from Hippolyte Jamain and Eugene Forney's "Les Roses," Paris, J. Rothschild, 1873. Jamain was a rose grower and Forney a professor of arboriculture. François Frédéric Grobon (1815-1901) ran his own atelier and illustrated "Fleurs" after Redoute with his brother Anthelme as the Grobon freres.

Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Flowers and Chinoiserie. Artist: French Painter , late 18th century. Culture: French. Dimensions: 52 3/8 × 31 in. (133 × 78.7 cm). Date: 18th century. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Ooievaarsbek, probably Beemdooievaarsbek (Geranium Spotse), Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610 drawing Ooievaarsbek, probably Beemdooievaarsbek or Weide-Ooievaarsbek. With six butterflies. Numbered at the top right: 3. At the top of the Latin name. Part of the first album with drawings of flowers and plants. Eighth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on behalf of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. draughtsman: Praagdraughtsman: Delft paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint. chalk. ink brush / pen flowers: geranium. insects: butterfly

Pitcher. Dated: probably 1937/1938. Dimensions: overall: 29.1 x 22.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 7/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 13 1/4" High 6 5/8" Dia(mouth) 6 1/2" Dia(base). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Giacinto Capelli.

Tulp (Tulipa). Tulp. / Tulipa. / Tulipe. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 248 mm × w 164 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Wikke and Yarrow, Crispijn van de Passe (II) (Attributed to), After Crispijn van de Passe (I), 1617 print The images are numbered: 35 and 36. Print is part of a book. paper engraving flowers

Drawing, Trial Proof for a Printed Textile; France; woodblock, handcolored with brush and gouache on paper; 8 x 5.4 cm (3 1/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Polinac melon, Cucumis melo, and segment of fruit, leaf, flower, tendril. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous "New Treatise on Flower Painting," 1797.

Holwortel (Corydalis cava). Boonkens holwortel. / Radix Cava. / Racine Creuse. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 245 mm × w 157 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Parijs, Mondhare, Louis-Joseph, Pillement, Jean Baptiste, 7me Livre de Fleurs, Flowers in vases, Paris, verso - stamped, Top left a vase with roses and daffodils. Top middle a vase with roses and tulips. Top right a vase with lilies. Bottom left a basket with roses. Bottom middle a hydrangea. Bottom right roses., print, prent, ornamentprent, titelprent, prints, prenten, ornamentprenten, height 178 mm, width 240 mm, print maker, prentmaker, 1760 - 1784, paper, papier, etching, etsen, Frans, 1728-05-24 - 1808-04-26, intermediary draughtsman, after a drawing by, Publication (Event), Publication, French, publisher

Still Life with Flowers and Fruit, draughtsman: Jan van Os, c. 1775 - c. 1800, paper, brush, h 451 mm × w 325 mm

A generation will transmit to another generationThe story of your wonders (...) / Souvenir of 1830 (IT)

Flower Wagon. Hanegawa Chincho; Japanese, 1679 ()-1754. Date: 1725-1735. Dimensions: 37.2 x 15.5 cm (14 5/8 x 5 1/16 in.). Color woodblock print; hosoban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA. Author: Hanegawa Chincho.

Purple toad-flax, Linaria purpurea (Antirrhinum purpureum). Handcolored copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," Lambeth, London, 1789.

Rosier Eglantier, from Les Roses, 1817-1824, François Langlois (called Ciartres); Artist: after Pierre-Joseph Redouté, French, Flemish (active France), 1759-1840, 13 1/2 x 10 in. (34.29 x 25.4 cm) (sheet, margins cut), Stipple engraving, color-printed, finished by hand, France, 19th century

Netherlands, Amsterdam, Wijsmuller, Erve, Flowers, verso - stamped, Sheet with 28 representations of flowers, such as a lily, a daffodil and a sunflower. Below each image a caption in letterpress. Numbered lower left: No. 33., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 332 mm, width 413 mm, Dutch, seller, 1828 - 1913, paper, papier, houtsnede, letterpress printing, boekdruk, Publication (Event), Publicatie, publisher, uitgever, print maker, prentmaker

A Rose and Five Insects Rose and Five Insects, draughtsman: Christoffel van den Berghe, (attributed to), draughtsman: Monogrammist CJV, (rejected attribution), 1618, parchment (animal material), h 130 mm × w 166 mm

Osyris lanceolate A.DC. (African Sandalwood): finished drawing without details, Luigi Balugani, 1737-1770, Italian, undated, Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 15 15/16 × 12 5/16 inches (40.5 × 31.3 cm) and Binding: 16 1/8 inches (41 cm)

Ladies Amusement: Or, The Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy 1760 Jean Pillement French. Ladies Amusement: Or, The Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy 356725

Roman floral mosaic. 1st century AD. Limestone and vitreous paste. From Italy. National Archaeological Museum. Madrid. Spain.

Embroidery, Germany 19th century. Pillow or carpet pattern with roses and violets.

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William Ward after Philip Reinagle, The Superb Lily, 1799 The Superb Lily

Mullein, Verbascum album foemina, and dark mullein, Verbascum nigrum. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Illustration for 'Le Trésor d'Arlatan' 1897 Edition, of the novel by Daudet. Illustrations by H.T. LAURENT-DESROUSSEAUX. Alphonse Daudet (French; 13 May 1840 - 16 December 1897) was a French novelist.

Ista di una pianta, 1835 - 1837, Firenze, Publisher, Nello stabilimento posto nei Fondacci di S. Spirito N. 1993, 1837, Egypt, Antiquities

Design drawing of flower buds and seedpods of floral capitals from loggia, Laurelton Hall. Culture: American. Dimensions: 18 3/8 x 14 in. (46.7 x 35.6 cm). Maker: Lenox, Incorporated (established 1889). Date: ca. 1900-1915. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Image of mallow and China pink flowers from an illuminated manuscript, and its applications in pottery, wallpaper border, carved and painted wood, jewelry. Chromolithograph designed and lithographed by Ernst Guillot from his Flowers After Nature and Ornamental Flowers, Fleurs d`apres Nature et fleurs ornementales, Paris, 1890.

Green hellebore, Helleborus viridis, and false helleborine, Veratrum album. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Hybrid yellow incurve chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum indicum. Handcoloured woodblock print after Keika Hasegawa from Keika Hyakugiku, Keika's 100 Chrysanthemums, published by Naosaburo Yamada, Kyoto, Japan, 1893. Keika Hasegawa drew flowers and patterns for kimono in Kyoto in the final years of the 19th century.

Groot kaasjeskruid (Malva sylvestris). Sigmaards kruijd / Alcea. / Guimauvre. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 245 mm × w 175 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Marietta Minnigerode Andrews, Terme di Caracalla, Roma, 1892 Terme di Caracalla, Roma

Lady's bedstraw, Galium verum, and cleavers, Galium aparine. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Red Yellow (Crocus), Anselm Bootius of Boodt, 1596 - 1610 drawing Red crocus. With a beetle. Numbered at the top right: 11. At the top left the Latin name. Part of the first album with drawings of flowers and plants. Eighth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on behalf of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French. draughtsman: Praagdraughtsman: Delft paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint. chalk. ink brush / pen flowers: crocus. insects: beetle

Dragonfly, plate 1 from Le Fleuve. Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883); written by Charles Cros (French, 1842-1888); printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) and Cochet (French, 19th century); published by Librairie de l'eau-forte (French, 19th century) and Richard Lesclide (French, 1825-1892). Date: 1874. Dimensions: 48 × 55 mm (image); 59 × 60 mm (plate); 276 × 237 mm (sheet). Etching, drypoint and aquatint in black on ivory laid paper. Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Silverweed, Potentilla anserina, and hare's ear, Bupleurum rotundifolium. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or atlas of illustrations only, with captions in Latin, Greek, French, Italian, German, and in English manuscript.

Pride of California, Lathyrus Splendens. Artist: Margaret Neilson Armstrong (American, New York 1867-1944 New York). Dimensions: sheet: 13 11/16 x 9 15/16 in. (34.8 x 25.2 cm). Date: April 10, 1914. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bizaria und Garten des Herrn Buiretti, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

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Study for Rose Window for St. John the Baptist Church, Brooklyn, NY, Leon Dabo, American, 1868-1960, Brush and watercolor, graphite on paper, laid down on illustration board, Circular medallions with angels and stars. Central red medallion with 'JESUS' in a heart., USA, 1902, glasswares, Drawing, Drawing

1. Draft before the first fire, 2. Drawing Bellet, 3. Finished painting, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1876.

Decorative Depiction with Plants and Animals. Dating: 1760 - 1799. Place: France. Measurements: h 218 cm × w 47 cm × t 3.5 cm × w 8 kg; h 226.6 cm × w 55.6 cm × d 9.8 cm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A Fairy Holding a Leaf, Sitting on a Snail Above a Rose Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896 British)

Peach varieties, Prunus persica: La Teton de Venus peach and blossom, Noblesse peach and blossom. Handcoloured stipple engraving of an illustration by George Brookshaw from his own "Pomona Britannica," London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1817. The quarto edition of the original folio edition published from 1804-1812. Brookshaw (1751-1823) was a successful cabinet maker who disappeared in the 1790s before returning as a flower painter with the anonymous "New Treatise on Flower Painting," 1797.

Cymbalaria. Cymbalaria vande Italiaenen. / Cijmbalaria italica. folio hederaceo. / Cymbalaire d'italie. (title on object). Draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Draughtsman: Elias Verhulst. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Place: Praag. Measurements: h 200 mm × w 161 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Frage, from Gart der Gesundheit (Mainz, 1485), 1485, Johannes de Cuba; Printer: Peter Schöffer, German, c. 1425 - 1502/03, 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. (19.05 x 13.65 cm) (image), Hand-colored woodcut, Germany, 15th century

Sketchbook 3: Ornament Studies, Perugia Palazzo Municipal, Cathedral of Orvieto, St. Denis

Design drawing of of poppy blossom of floral capital from loggia, Laurelton Hall. Culture: American. Dimensions: 18 3/8 x 14 in. (46.7 x 35.6 cm). Maker: Lenox, Incorporated (established 1889). Date: ca. 1900-1915. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Bound Print (France)

Design for a title page for: Emilie C. Knappert, views in the Plantwereld, 1893, Willem Wenckebach, in Or Before 1893 drawing paper. ink. watercolor (paint). pencil pen / brush flowers

Iris and Grasshopper, from an untitled series of large flowers. Katsushika Hokusai ; Japanese, 1760-1849. Date: 1827-1839. Dimensions: 26.6 x 39.3 cm (10 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.). Color woodblock print; oban. Origin: Japan. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

Tile mosaic depicting some fish. Roman art. Early Empire. Mosaic. IRAN. Susa. Archaeological Museum.

Studies of plants (e.g. lily in three depictions - stages of life), insects (e.g. grasshopper), a shell and a frog lying on its back; chart 10 of part III of the cycle.. Hoefnagel, Jacob (1575-ca 1630), graphic artist, Hoefnagel, Joris (1542-1601), draughtsman, cartoonist

The Blue Egyptian Water Lily, from "The Temple of Flora, or Garden of Nature". Artist: After Peter Charles Henderson (British, active 1791-1829). Dimensions: Image: 17 1/8 x 14 in. (43.5 x 35.6 cm)Plate: 20 1/2 × 19 5/8 in. (52 × 49.8 cm)Sheet: 22 7/16 × 17 13/16 in. (57 × 45.2 cm). Engraver: Joseph Constantine Stadler (German, active London, 1780-1822). Publisher: Robert John Thornton (British, 1768-1837). Date: September 11, 1804. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Cedro piccolo und das Haus und Garten des Johann Christian Harßdorffer beim Laufer Tor, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Wood Carving. Dated: 1935/1942. Dimensions: overall: 56.2 x 33.9 cm (22 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: A. R. Tolman.

Aranzo fiamato und Garten des Herrn Wurzelbauer, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides von Johann Christoph Volkamer, 1710 / garden, Illustration from Nürnbergische Hesperides garden, 1710, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 18th century / digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 18. Jahrhundert, genaues Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Twee tulpen met kleine vos. Don Fradireck of Amaral Pelegron / Vrou Gebrant Gemarmol van Willem Willemssen (title on object). Draughtsman: Jacob Marrel (mentioned on object). Dating: 1637. Measurements: h 265 mm × w 335 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Zitrusfrucht, Cedro ordinario und Gostenhof, Gartengestaltung, Nürnbergische Hesperides, Nürnberger Hesperidengärten von Johann Christoph Volkamer, Nü...

Twee tulpen met waterjuffer en sprinkhaan. Amaral van Engelandt / Tulpa Bellart (title on object). Draughtsman: Jacob Marrel (mentioned on object). Dating: 1637. Measurements: h 265 mm × w 335 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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