Iris germanica (Bearded Iris), 1812
Stipple engraving, printed in color and hand-coloredexpand_more
The Minnich Collection The Ethel Morrison Van Derlip Fund, 1966expand_more P.18,259
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Botanical illustrators working in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries devoted themselves to the medicinal qualities of plants and sought to render plant structure and function as precisely as they could. Later, European explorers brought specimens back from exotic locales, and artists carefully reproduced them for an audience fascinated by new discoveries. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, artists had shifted their emphasis from scientific illustration to the innate beauty of the plant or flower. The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is fortunate to possess an impressive collection of more than 2,000 botanical prints and drawings.
Details
- Title
- Iris germanica (Bearded Iris)
- Artist Life
- Flemish (active France), 1759–1840
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.18,259
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Dunthorne 231 Nissen 1597 Hunt 10, 45
- Curator Approved
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