Aristolochia pellita — Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin

This eighteenth-century botanical illustration depicts Aristolochia pellita as an elegant climbing vine extending vertically across a generous cream ground. Small rounded and heart-shaped leaves punctuate the slender olive stem, their surfaces defined by dark branching veins and subtle variations of ochre and green.

The plant's remarkable flowers provide the composition's defining feature. Long tubular forms extend outward in pale cream and blush pink, with finely spotted surfaces, warm reddish interiors, and delicate feathery tips. From Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, the plate combines precise botanical observation with an unusually spacious and graceful eighteenth-century composition.

Artwork Details

• Artist/Creator: Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin
• Title: Aristolochia pellita
• Original title: Aristolochia pellita
• Series: Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia
• Date: Circa 1780
• Period: 18th century
• Place of Origin: Vienna, Austria
• Medium: Colored botanical illustration

Framed Print Details

• Fine art printing: Professional 12-color fine art printing technology produces vivid, accurate colors with strong tonal depth and significantly greater nuance than standard 4-color inkjet printing.
• Paper: Smooth premium matte paper with a clean, glare-free finish.
• Paper weight: 200 gsm (80 lb).
• Paper thickness: 0.26 mm (10.3 mils).
• Frame material: Durable pine wood.
• Frame dimensions: Approximately 20 mm (0.79 in) deep and 10–14 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide.
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