Collection of Flowers and Fruits Painted after Nature: Bouquet of Foxglove, Clematis, Pansy, Peony, Poppy, and Yellow Day Lily
Medium
color stipple with watercolor added by hand
Dimensions
52.7 × 34.9 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Kennedy and Company
Accession Number
1951.419
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
By the mid-17th century, there was a surge of interest in beautiful, exotic plants and formal royal gardens. At Fountainebleau and the Louvre, the gardens were filled with flowers from far-away places, such as the Near East, India, the East and West Indies, and South America. In 1735 Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) invented the first scientific classification system for 7,700 plants. As a result, accuracy as well as artistic skill were required for the numerous portfolios of botanical prints popular w...