Plate 309

Iris germanica (Bearded Iris), 1812

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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
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Plate 309