Carduus Lanceolatus
1760
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
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Johann Hieronymus Kniphof
Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (1757–1764) was an artist.
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ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Carduus Lanceolatus is a 1760 ink by Johann Hieronymus Kniphof, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a single dried plant pressed flat on paper. Its spiky leaves grow in pairs along a thin stem, ending in a fuzzy, round flower head. The whole thing is drawn in ink, with careful lines marking each leaf and stem. The plant’s name, *Carduus Lanceolatus*, is written at the bottom—this was a way to study and share nature in the 1700s. The artist used simple ink lines to show every detail, almost like tracing. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build shading with just lines.
Johann Hieronymus Kniphof (1757–1764) was an artist.
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