Tulipa (Hortus Eystettensis) — Besler, poster

Basilius Besler's Tulipa plate from Hortus Eystettensis, taken from Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan, on archival fine art paper.

Plate from Hortus Eystettensis (1613), Besler's monumental study of the Prince Bishop's Eichstätt garden. The tulip occupies the page in full colour and botanical precision — root, stem, blossom, seed pod all rendered as a complete argument about the plant's nature. Besler was a botanist and gardener, not primarily an artist, yet the plates achieve a beauty that transcends documentation. Each flower is studied in the way only someone who tended it could render it.

This is reproduced from a Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper, ready to hang.

THE PRINT

• Available in 20×25 cm / 8×10", 27×35 cm / 11×14", or 40×50 cm / 16×20", portrait orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper
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THE WORK

• Artist: Basilius Besler (1561–1629)
• Year: 1613
• Collection: Public domain
• Source: Wikimedia Commons · CC0 archive scan

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