The Botanical Magazine or Flower Garden Displayed: Smooth-stalked Martagon, Turk's Cap Lily
1814
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1814
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
This painting shows a single stem of a lily with big pink flowers dotted with brown specks. The petals curve back, and the buds at the top are still closed. Leaves grow wide at the bottom, and tiny seed pods hang from the stem. The artist focused on small details like the tiny hairs on the buds and the way the petals fold. This kind of careful plant study was common in the 1800s. Look up The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more works like this.
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