Nissolia Fruticosa — Climbing Botanical Study

This eighteenth-century botanical plate presents Nissolia fruticosa as a slender climbing plant arranged in a broad, graceful curve across the page. Branching stems carry groups of finely veined olive-green leaves, while small yellow, orange, and reddish flowers appear intermittently along the lower portion of the vine.

The open cream ground gives the specimen an unusually spacious character, emphasizing the elegant movement of its stems and foliage. Small studies near the center isolate individual botanical structures for closer observation. Part of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia, the plate combines the descriptive precision of eighteenth-century natural-history illustration with a restrained and highly graphic composition.

Artwork Details

• Artist/Creator: Associated with Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
• Title: Nissolia fruticosa
• Original title: Nissolia fruticosa
• Series: Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
• Date: Circa 1780
• Period: 18th century
• Place of Origin: Vienna (Vindobonae), Austria
• Medium: Botanical illustration

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