Flos Solis maior: engraved sunflower plate in a book – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Flos Solis maior: engraved sunflower plate in a book. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Flos Solis maior: engraved sunflower plate in a book
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The sunflower in this engraving, titled Flos Solis maior, is shown as a plate in a book rather than as a standalone study, which places it within the botanical publishing of its day. Its Latin name, roughly "greater flower of the sun," reflects how early European naturalists described the plant, which had arrived from the Americas and was being classified and illustrated for the first time. Engraved plates like this one were prized for their precision, since the copper-plate method let artists record leaf shape, seed head and stem in fine detail. Worth noticing is how the image mixes scientific observation with the decorative conventions of the period.
| Original scan | 1,152 × 1,439 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 3g05350_ |
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