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Botanical drawing of Acantum Sylvestri flornalbo on the left showing a spiky-stemmed plant with green leaves and round white flowers, and Carduus sphaero cephalus (globe thistle) on the right showing a plant with a smooth green stem, green leaves, and spherical flowers with red-tipped blue petals.
Acantium Silvestri
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Acantium Silvestri

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 Jeff Siegal
Object number2010.34.2
Collections
Visual DescriptionBotanical drawing of Acantum Sylvestri flornalbo on the left showing a spiky-stemmed plant with green leaves and round white flowers, and Carduus sphaero cephalus (globe thistle) on the right showing a plant with a smooth green stem, green leaves, and spherical flowers with red-tipped blue petals. From "Hortus Eystettensis", Eichstatt, 1613.
Botanical drawing of three plants: center, Cataputia Vulgaris (Large Mediterranean Spurge or Euphorbia characias L.), a leafy green plant with small yellow-orange buds at the end of its stems; right, Parietaria sylvestris (Cataputia vulgaris, Nummularia, Spring Spurge), a leafy green plant with yellow flowers; and right, Nummularia (Lysimachia nummularia or moneywort, creeping jenny, herb twopence, and twopenny grass), a leafy green plant with many five-pointed yellow flowers.
Cataputia Vilgaris
Basil Besler
1613
Botanical 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.
Bugloflum Semper Virens
Basil Besler
1613
Botanical 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 an purple pansy with purple flowers.
Papaver Corniculatum Luteum
Basil Besler
1613
Botanical drawing of Geranium Sanguinarium (bloody cranesbill or bloodred geranium) featuring three varieties each with their roots, green leaves, and pink, red, or purple flowers.
Geranium Sanguinarium
Basil Besler
1613
40 Martynia Probocidea
40 Martynia Probocidea
Jane Webb Loudon
1840
Botanical drawing of Caryophyllata Sylvestris with green thorny stems and leaves, yellow flowers, pink bulbs, and roots showing.
Caryophyllata Sylvestris
Leonhart Fuchs
1547
Botanical print of Pitcairnia Angustifolia (pina cortadora), a plant with thin spiky green leaves, a thin green stem, and thin red flowers. The plant is cut in half to show all of it on one page; details of the flowers and seeds are included near the bottom.
Pitcairnia Angustifolia
Pierre-Joseph Redouté
1802-1816
39 Physostegua Truncata
39 Physostegua Truncata
Jane Webb Loudon
1840
Botanical drawing of Centaurium Minus (Common centaury), a plant with green stem and leaves, clusters of small pink flowers, and roots showing.
Centaurium Minus
Leonhart Fuchs
1547
Botanical drawing of Petroselinum (parsley), a plant with green stems and leaves, small white flowers, and roots showing.
Petroselinum
Leonhart Fuchs
1547
Botanical drawing of Pastinaca Sativa Prima, a type of parsnip, showing the plant with its orange roots, green stem and leaves, and delicate white flowers.
Pastinaca Sativa Prima
Leonhart Fuchs
1547
Botanical drawing of Telephium purpurascens (Purple Orpine), a plant with a pink stem, green leaves, cluster of small pink and white flowers, and roots showing.
Telephium
Leonhart Fuchs
1547

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