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Botanical watercolor drawing of a stem and leaf of the Amaranthus plant.

A delicate stem of six salmon-pink slender panicles of tiny flowers rest under one large heart-shaped medium green leaf with well-defined veins that emanate from the center to the outer edge of the leaf. The panicles are fanned out and reach up as the stem forks into two divisions, the leaf points downward toward the left. The stem is slender and light green in color. Slight shadows underneath both give depth and dimensionality to the drawing; the background is antique white. Manuscript of the Latin name in the lower right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
4.1965.5
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Josef Abel, Austrian (1764 - 1818)
Title
Plant Study: Amaranthus
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312048

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor with gum additions and traces of graphite on off-white modern laid paper
Dimensions
36.8 x 23.6 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: coat-of-arms with fleur-de-lys, C & I HONIG

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz
Object Number
4.1965.5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2240 18th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/22/2019 - 02/25/2020

Verification Level

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