Capparis Tenuisiliqua — Botanical Study by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

This botanical study of Capparis tenuisiliqua separates the plant into several carefully observed elements. A slender flowering stem carries narrow leaves, developing buds, and delicate sprays of fine white stamens tipped with yellow-orange anthers, creating an airy contrast with the stronger botanical forms below.

A dramatically enlarged olive-green leaf dominates the lower right, its surface articulated by a dark central vein and an intricate network of finer lines. A long narrow seed pod and separate seed appear at left. Against the spacious cream ground, these changes of scale give the eighteenth-century scientific plate an unusually clear and graphic character.

Artwork Details

• Artist/Creator: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
• Title: Capparis tenuisiliqua
• Original title: Capparis tenuisiliqua
• Series: Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
• Date: Circa 1780
• Period: Late 18th century
• Place of Origin: Vienna, Austria
• Medium: Colored botanical plate

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