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

Bugloflum Semper Virens

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 Descorcy

Object number2010.29.4

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionBotanical drawing of three varieties of Bugloflum including Bugloflum Semper Virens (Pentaglotitis sempervirens L., or evergreen bugloss) at the center. The plants have green leaves and blue or white flowers. From "Hortus Eystettensis", Eichstatt, 1613.