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Snapdragon Plant with Seed Pods (Antirrhinum majus L.)

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The Historia Naturalis aimed to give a reliable scientific image for each subject, but at first sight this strangelooking plant seems rather fantastical. However, the skull-like white ‘flowers’ are the dried seed pods of the snapdragon. The draughtsman copied the image from a

print from the Cruydt-Boeck (1554), an album with plant illustrations made by botanist Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585).

This large AI-assisted collection comprises about 60,000 images of botanical drawings and illustrations. It spans from the 14th to 19th century. As of today, we estimate the total number of botanical illustrations in our archive as 200,000 and growing. The "golden age" of botanical illustration is generally considered to be the 18th and 19th centuries, a time when there was a great deal of interest in botany and a proliferation of botanical illustrations being produced. During this period, many of the great botanical illustrators of the time, such as Maria Sybilla Merian, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, and John James Audubon, were active and produced some of the most iconic and influential botanical illustrations of all time. In addition to being used for scientific purposes, botanical illustrations were also highly prized for their beauty and were often used to decorate homes and other public spaces. Many of the most famous botanical illustrations from this period are still admired and collected today for their beauty and historical significance. All large Picryl collections were made possible with the development of neural image recognition. We made our best to reduce false-positive image recognition to under 5%.

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drawing drawings paper watercolor paint deck paint chalk ink brush pen anselmus boetius de boodt antirrhinum majus l snapdragon plant high resolution zoological illustration natural history flemish botanical illustrations plants botany rijksmuseum
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Date

1596 - 1610
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Botanical Drawings and Illustrations

Large AI-assisted collection of botanical illustrations. High resolution images only.
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Rijksmuseum
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https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/
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Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication ("CCO 1.0 Dedication")

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drawing drawings paper watercolor paint deck paint chalk ink brush pen anselmus boetius de boodt antirrhinum majus l snapdragon plant high resolution zoological illustration natural history flemish botanical illustrations plants botany rijksmuseum