Besleria Cristata — Crimson Botanical Study

This eighteenth-century botanical plate depicts Besleria cristata as an elegantly rising specimen with finely textured stems, serrated olive-green foliage, and distinctive deep crimson flower structures. The plant follows a graceful diagonal across the warm cream ground, giving the composition a strong but restrained sense of movement.

Dark branching veins define the leaves, while saturated crimson and magenta provide a vivid contrast with the muted greens. A small yellow-orange flower, delicate pink bud, hairy basal stem, and fine exposed rootlets add further botanical detail. From Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia, the work combines careful natural-history observation with the refined visual balance of eighteenth-century botanical illustration.

Artwork Details

• Artist/Creator: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
• Title: Besleria cristata
• Original title: Besleria cristata
• Series: Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
• Date: 1780–1781 edition
• Period: 18th century
• Place of Origin: Vienna (Vindobonae), Austria
• Medium: Hand-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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