Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Papaver Corniculatum Luteum

Artist Basil Besler (German, 1561 - 1629)

Date1613

MediumCopperplate engraving, hand colored

Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Peter DeSorcy, with additional funds provided by Gladys Harn Harris Art Acquisition Endowment

Object number2010.30

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical drawing of Papaver Corniculatum Luteum (Glaucium corniculatum L. or yellow horned poppy) with green leaves and yellow flowers. Also featured to the left is a yellow pansy with white and yellow flowers, and to the right is a purple pansy with purple flowers. From "Hortus Eystettensis", Eichstatt, 1613.