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Tulip, Two Branches of Myrtle and Two Shells
Also titled Tulp, twee takken van mirte en twee schelpen
Maria Sibylla Merian (Frankfurt am Main, 1647–1717)
1657 - 1717
- Medium
- parchment (animal material)
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 336 mm x width 240 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
This sheet is likely a work by Maria Sibylla Merian, a celebrated artist and natural scientist. She struck a pleasing balance between the artistic and the scientific. The peeled-back tulip petal overlapping the myrtle branch on the right adds a sense of depth and dynamism to the overall flat arrangement meant for scholarly observation.
