Botanical Study with a Species of the Nettle Family (genus Urtica)
Anonymous, French, 19th century
ca. 1820
Medium
Watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
19 11/16 x 12 1/2 in. (50 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1968
Accession Number
68.658.6
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Plants
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...