Axial Commons Image Treasury
Dark rectangular woodblock carved in relief with dense fern-like plant forms, lit against a black background.

Ambrosia altera.

A dark, rectangular woodblock carved in relief with dense, fern-like and feathery plant forms radiating from a central stem. Lit against a black background, the block's raised lines and textured cuts catch light, suggesting a botanical illustration's printing surface.

Artist
Liberale, Giorgio
Date
[1562?]
Medium
Woodcuts
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2996 px
Download full size
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1572.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Matriz de madera tallada con formas botánicas similares a helechos

Un bloque de madera rectangular y oscuro, tallado en relieve con densas formas vegetales similares a helechos y plumosas que irradian desde un tallo central. Iluminadas sobre un fondo negro, las líneas en relieve y los cortes texturizados del bloque captan la luz, sugiriendo la superficie de impresión de una ilustración botánica.

Português: Matriz de madeira entalhada com formas botânicas semelhantes a samambaias

Um bloco de madeira retangular e escuro, entalhado em relevo com formas vegetais densas e semelhantes a samambaias, que se irradiam a partir de um caule central. Iluminadas sobre um fundo preto, as linhas em relevo e os cortes texturizados do bloco captam a luz, sugerindo a superfície de impressão de uma ilustração botânica.

More from Natural History

Hand-colored engraving of a coiled banded rattlesnake with raised head, tail rattle segments at left, and a small shell at lower right on a pale background.The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures ofMezzotint portrait of a seated older man in a buttoned coat and powdered hair, holding a paper, with a draped curtain and lamps behind him.Benjamin FranklinGouache painting of a seated deity in a chariot pulled by black-and-white birds, with a reclining blue-skinned body on green grass before a palace.Dhumavati, Hindu goddess of misfortune and unpleasantness, sitting in a chariot drawn by bClose-up of a dark, raised surface with branching, feathery plant-like forms lit from the side against a black background.Ambrosia altera.Black-and-white print with a central medallion, a ladder between crowds, angels above, and a crowded hell scene of nude figures and demons below.Reis van de ziel naar God en hel volgens BonaventuraHand-colored engraving of a crested cedar waxwing perched among pink flowers and green leaves on a branch, with a caption below.The natural history of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of