Featured on PDR in the collection Ernst Haeckel’s Jellyfish

The German biologist Ernst Haeckel was fascinated by medusae, the umbrella-shaped animals commonly called jellyfish. For Haeckel, whose imagination was shaped in the Romantic era, medusae expressed the exuberant yet fragile beauty of Nature. And in their ethereal forms he glimpsed a reflection of his great love Anna Sethe, who died tragically at the age of twenty-nine.

Discomedusae

Artist

Ernst Haeckel

Date

1904


Underlying Rights

Public Domain Worldwide

Digital Rights

No Additional Rights

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  • Exceptional quality, from $32 including delivery
  • Archival inks on high grade art paper
  • Framed option with solid wood and ready to hang

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