Kunstformen Orchidae — Haeckel, framed

Ernst Haeckel's Orchidae plate from Kunstformen der Natur, taken from Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan, framed and ready to hang.

Plate from Kunstformen der Natur, Haeckel's study of orchids arranges specimens across the page in the style of botanical illustration — but Haeckel was a zoologist, not a botanist. The orchids carry his eye for symmetry anyway. Every petal, every stamen is rendered with the same precision he applied to his famous medusae. The plate doesn't distinguish between beauty and science; in Haeckel's hands, they're the same thing.

This is reproduced from a Wikimedia Commons CC0 archive scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper and framed in solid wood.

THE PRINT

• 13×18 cm / 5×7", A3 (29.7×42 cm), 50×70 cm / 20×28", or 70×100 cm / 28×40" in your choice of 4 solid wood frame colours, portrait orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper, mounted under shatterproof acrylic glazing
• Printed and framed to order by our accredited partner

THE WORK

• Artist: Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919)
• Year: 1899–1904
• Collection: Public domain
• Source: Wikimedia Commons · CC0 archive scan

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