Orchids
Ernst Haeckel (1834 to 1919), 1899–1904
$150
Print check at 12 x 18 in: 184 dpi, good. Trimmed 6.1% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Orchids were the perfect subject for Haeckel: bilaterally symmetrical, wildly ornamented, and evolved into shapes that mimic the insects they need. He fills the plate with them — hooded, spurred, whiskered, one lip fringed like a moth’s wing — each rendered with botanical precision and then placed on the page as if it were a stained-glass window. The palette runs from bruised violet to lemon. Darwin had shown these flowers were engineering; Haeckel showed they were also composition. Of all the hundred plates, this is the one that most looks like the Art Nouveau it went on to inspire.
- Maker
- Ernst Haeckel (1834 to 1919)
- Date
- 1899–1904
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- Kunstformen der Natur
- Credit
- Kunstformen der Natur · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00633
| Picture | 12 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 19.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 277 | Excellent | Trimmed 6.1% |
| 11 x 14 in | 214 | Excellent | Trimmed 9.6% |
| 12 x 16 in | 196 | Good | Trimmed 5.3% |
| 12 x 18 in | 184 | Good | Trimmed 6.1% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 138 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 131 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 110 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 92 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 78 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 65 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 55 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,360 x 3,324 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 32, lights 227 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 11.78
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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