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The image shows a botanical illustration of a plant with a long green stem, pointed green leaves, and small budding flowers at the top. The color palette is muted, featuring light greens and browns against a soft beige background. The plant is positioned centrally, with its leaves extending outward and its flowers reaching upward, occupying most of the image's vertical space.
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The image shows a botanical illustration of a plant with a long green stem, pointed green leaves, and small budding flowers at the top. The color palette is muted, featuring light greens and browns against a soft beige background. The plant is positioned centrally, with its leaves extending outward and its flowers reaching upward, occupying most of the image's vertical space.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Botanical-Milt

Karel Vitezslav Masek

Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
image: 29.1 x 21.6 cm (11 7/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2004.109.24.a
Credit line
Gift of the Anne and Jacques Baruch Collection
Time span
1851 to 1875
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • plant
  • Flower
  • Leaf
  • Czech
Provenance

Dr. Anne Baruch, Chicago; gift to NGA, 2004.

NGA object ID 130962. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.