leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel loie fuller This print brings an unusual

This print brings an unusual

which he produced together with an assistant and sent by mail to friends and acquaintances

Printed on museum-quality matte paper with archival inks and a refined

was a Belgian painter

Date: 1919-1920

leptomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel loie fuller This print brings an unusualSmaller and more intricate than Haeckel's famous disc jellyfish, the leptomedusae in this plate are tiny hydrozoan bells, drawn with a jeweller's attention to detail. Their fine radial canals, fringed margins and threadlike tentacles are arranged in a balanced, almost kaleidoscopic composition, set against a deep background so that each pale bell seems to float and glow. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Ernst