discomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm • Giclée printing quality

• Giclée printing quality

the 100-plate series Haeckel published between 1899 and 1904

A pioneering marine biologist

The coronate jellyfish of this plate come from the deeper

reds and ambers against a shadowy background so that they seem to hang suspended in the deep

discomedusae jellyfish fine art print ernst haeckel Size:30×40 cm • Giclée printing qualityThis is the image many people picture when they think of Ernst Haeckel: jellyfish drifting through dark water, their domed bells glowing in pinks, golds and violets above long, trailing tentacles. The Discomedusae plate is one of the most beloved in his entire body of work, and it is easy to see why the symmetry is hypnotic and the colours feel almost lit from within. It belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), the series of 100