Botanical Study with a Species of the Nettle Family (genus Urtica)
Anonymous, French, 19th century
ca. 1820
Medium
Watercolor over graphite
Dimensions
19 11/16 x 12 1/2 in. (50 x 31.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Anonymous Gift, 1968
Accession Number
68.658.6
Tags
Plants
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...