chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel japanese Among de Mesquita's most beautiful

Among de Mesquita's most beautiful works are his portraits

and this Haeckel plate is a riot of iridescent colour

Title: Japanese crane

blues and warm earth tones

the 100-plate series Haeckel published between 1899 and 1904

chelonia turtles fine art print ernst haeckel japanese Among de Mesquita's most beautifulAncient, patient and beautifully patterned, sea turtles glide across this Haeckel plate with their shells rendered in intricate mosaics of brown, amber and green. Ernst Haeckel composed the sheet so that each turtle shows off the geometry of its carapace, the scutes fitting together like inlaid tile a reminder of why these animals have fascinated naturalists for centuries. The print is drawn from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the 100