Helicteres borrensis — Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin
This eighteenth-century botanical plate presents Helicteres borrensis as a delicate upright specimen surrounded by an expansive warm cream ground. Broad, softly serrated leaves in muted olive and yellow-green emerge from a slender central stem, their surfaces articulated through fine dotted texture and carefully drawn veins. Small orange and reddish-brown details provide restrained accents among the foliage.
Two long curved floral structures extend above the plant, giving the otherwise compact composition an unusual sense of movement. A separate twisted botanical structure appears beside the main specimen for closer study. From Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia, the plate balances precise natural observation with the quiet, spacious character of eighteenth-century botanical illustration.
Artwork Details
- Artist/Creator: Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin
- Title: Helicteres borrensis
- Original title: Helicteres borrensis
- Series: Selectarum stirpium Americanarum historia
- Date: Circa 1780
- Period: 18th century
- Place of Origin: Vienna, Austria
- Medium: Colored botanical illustration
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