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Botanical drawing of Clematis daphnoides (large-flowered periwinkle) flower, with green stems and leaves, both blue flowers and purple flowers, and roots showing.
Clematis
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Clematis

Artist Leonhart Fuchs (German, 1501 - 1567)
Date1547
MediumWoodcut engraving, hand colored
Dimensionssheet: 14 1/4 x 9 1/4 in., (36.2 x 23.5 cm,)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Peter DeSorcy
Object number2011.9.14
Visual DescriptionBotanical drawing of Clematis daphnoides (large-flowered periwinkle) flower, with green stems and leaves, both blue flowers and purple flowers, and roots showing. Plate 360 from "De Historia Stirpium...", Basel 1547.
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