Asparagus Botanical Art

Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis

Credit: Narciso Méndez Bringa, Wikimedia Commons

Fig. 1

April, Los Primeros Espárragos, 1899
by Narciso Méndez Bringa

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Asparagus officinalis, gouache on parchment, 1649-1659
by Hans Simon Holtzbecker

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Seeds and roots for sale by Stokes Seeds, 1926

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Asparagus officinalis, 1885

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Bunch of Asparagus, oil on canvas, 1880
by Édouard Manet

Still life with fruit piled high in a basket, surrounded by quinces, melons and asparagus on a ledge

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Still life with fruit piled high in a basket, 1641
by Adriaen van Utrecht

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Asparagus (Sparagus), 14th century book
from the Tacuinum of Paris,

Spargel ist in Schwetzingen überall präsent, hier als Deko vor einer Hauseinfahrt (Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland)

Spargel ist in Schwetzingen überall präsent, hier als Deko vor einer Hauseinfahrt (Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland)

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Asparagus art in Germany

Spargelanlage / Der Spargel" (Asparagus harvest)

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Asparagus harvest

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La Fruttivendola. The Fruit Seller, c. 1580
by Vincenzo Campi

Stilleven met een kan van steengoed en asperges. Still-life with Asparagus, Lemon, Covered Beaker, and Wine Cooler.

Stilleven met een kan van steengoed en asperges. Still-life with Asparagus, Lemon, Covered Beaker, and Wine Cooler.

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Still-life with Asparagus, Lemon, Covered Beaker, and Wine Cooler, oil on canvas, 1878
by Maria Vos

Asparagus officinalis L. subsp. officinalis

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Asparagus officinalis L. subsp. officinalis, 1807
by Christiaan Sepp

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Fig. ¹ Bringa, Narciso Méndez. "April, Los Primeros Espárragos." Getty Research Institute, Blanco y negro, Almanaque para 1899, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1899-01-01,_Blanco_y_Negro,_Abril,_Los_primeros_espárragos,_Méndez_Bringa.jpg. Accessed 19 Jan. 2020.
Fig. ² Holtzbecker, Hans Simon. "Asparagus officinalis." Google Art Project." Gottorfer Codex, bind 2, planche 77, 1649 - 1659, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Simon_Holtzbecker_-_Asparagus_officinalis_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ³ "Mary Washington Asparagus." Biodiversity Heritage Library, 112 superb varieties for market gardeners season of 1926, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, 10.5962/bhl.title.68866. Accessed 22 Jan. 2020.
Fig. ⁴ "Asparagus officinalis." biolib.de, Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz, Gera, Germany, 1885, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Illustration_Asparagus_officinalis0.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ⁵ Manet, Édouard. "Bunch of Asparagus." 1880, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edouard_Manet_Bunch_of_Asparagus.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ⁶ Utrecht, Adriaen van. "Still life with fruit piled high in a basket, surrounded by quinces, melons and asparagus on a ledge." 1641, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ⁷ "Asparagus (Sparagus). Nature: Its nature is moderately warm and moist in the first degree. Optimum: The fresh kind whose tip is turned downward toward the earth. Usefulness: It influences coitus positively and removes occlusions. Dangers: It is bad for the stomach lining. Neutralization of the Dangers: Boiled and then seasoned with salted water." Tacuinum of Paris, 14th century, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tacuin_Asperge38.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ⁸ 4028mdk09 "Spargel ist in Schwetzingen überall präsent, hier als Deko vor einer Hauseinfahrt (Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland)." 28 May 2010, Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 3.0), commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deko-Spargel_in_Schwetzingen.JPG. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ⁹ "Spargelanlage / Der Spargel" (Asparagus harvest). Collecticle card by A. Zuntz sel." Delcampe, 19/20th century, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zuntz_Bild_Der_Spargel.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ¹⁰ Campi, Vincenzo. "La Fruttivendola. The Fruit Seller." c. 1580, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vcampi.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ¹¹ Vos, Maria. "Stilleven met een kan van steengoed en asperges. Still-life with Asparagus, Lemon, Covered Beaker, and Wine Cooler." Rijksmuseum, 1878, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maria_Vos_-_Stilleven_met_kan_van_steengoed.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.
Fig. ¹² Sepp, Christiaan. "Asparagus officinalis L. subsp. officinalis." Flora Batava, Jan Kops (Author), Volume 2, 1807, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.orgwiki/File:Asparagus_officinalis_—_Flora_Batava_—_Volume_v2.jpg. Accessed 21 Dec. 2019.

Published 7 Feb. 2020 KJ