Sida Magniflora — Orange Flower Botanical Study
This eighteenth-century botanical plate presents Sida magniflora as a tall, finely branching plant set against a broad cream ground. A slender central stem carries heart-shaped green leaves, delicate buds, and scattered orange flowers, creating a light vertical composition with generous space around the specimen.
The foliage varies from muted to deeper green, with carefully drawn veins defining the structure of individual leaves. Small orange and reddish flowers punctuate the branching stems, while unopened buds record additional stages of growth. Part of Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia, the plate combines precise botanical observation with the quiet clarity of eighteenth-century natural-history illustration.
Artwork Details
- Artist/Creator: Associated with Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin's Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
- Title: Sida magniflora
- Original title: Sida magniflora
- Series: Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
- Date: Circa 1780
- Period: 18th century
- Place of Origin: Vienna (Vindobonae), Austria
- Medium: 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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