Botanical watercolor drawing of a walnut branch with leaves, fanned around the stem, with green and mature walnuts.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

Two green unripe bulbous walnuts are attached to each side of the stem near the bottom below the leaves. A brown textured walnut sits on the lower right, detached from the stem, ready to be harvested. Pairs of oval leaves opposite each other become slightly larger towards the top of the stem, with the largest leaf at the tip. Leaf veins are rendered in light green and radiate from the center line lengthwise of each leaf. Shadows give the branch and nuts dimensionality; the background is plain antique white. The Latin name is in the middle bottom.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
4.1965.12
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Josef Abel, Austrian (1764 - 1818)
Title
Plant Study: Walnut
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Austrian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312149

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
36.9 x 23.7 cm (14 1/2 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: coat-of-arms with fleur-de-lys and C & I HONIG (similar to Heawood 1854)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from the Collection of Edouard Sandoz
Object Number
4.1965.12
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

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