(Botanical: Maurándia semperflorens)

1836

From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art

About this work

This painting shows a single plant with bright pink and purple flowers, some still in bud form. The leaves are large and green, and the stem winds around the page. In the corners, there are small sketches of the plant’s seed pods and roots. The artist included every part of the plant—even the seeds—to show how it grows. This kind of careful detail was common in scientific botanical art. Next, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.