Callystegia soldanella | Vintage Botanical Print

Vintage Botanical Print | 16th-Century Herbal Illustration | Antique Plant Art | Floral Wall Decor | Digital Download

Bring timeless beauty to your walls with "Callystegia soldanella", a detailed botanical watercolor illustration from the 16th century, created by Italian artist and botanist Gherardo Cibo. This rare herbal print, featured in Mattioli’s expanded edition of Dioscorides’s De Materia Medica, showcases the coastal bindweed in exquisite detail against a scenic landscape.

Perfect for vintage botanical lovers, natural history collectors, and those seeking elegant printable wall decor with historical and artistic value.

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➤ High-resolution file (ready to print)
➤ Ideal for cottagecore decor, antique plant art, academic settings, or herbalist studios

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Print Sizes

🖼 Included Print Sizes (No Cropping Needed)

This high resolution digital file is optimized for printing at the following standard sizes, no cropping or borders required. Just download, print, and frame:

Inches	Centimeters	Suggested Use
11.7 x 16.5	A3 – 29.7 x 42	Wall art, poster, vertical frame
8.3 x 11.7	A4 – 21 x 29.7	Standard frame, home office decor
5.8 x 8.3	A5 – 14.8 x 21	Small prints, journaling inserts
4.1 x 5.8	A6 – 10.5 x 14.8	Greeting card, mini gift
7 x 10	17.8 x 25.4	Portrait print, versatile framing
5 x 7	12.7 x 17.8	Classic photo size, shelf display

 

🖨️ All sizes are print-ready at 300 DPI, maintaining the original image ratio. No cropping or borders required.

📂 Your download includes:

• 1 high resolution JPEG file (2134 x 2988 px).
• Artistic Declaration Certificate in PDF.
• Free gift: The Ages of Painting guide — a visual journey through the history of painting.

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Art Review

“Callystegia soldanella” by Gherardo Cibo: Botanical Art as a Poetic Chronicle of Nature

In an age when science was just emerging from the shadows of myth and faith, Gherardo Cibo transformed observation into beauty and botanical study into visual poetry. His 16th-century work “Callystegia soldanella” —a luminous depiction of the delicate coastal bindweed— stands as a testament to Renaissance humanism, when plants were seen not only as specimens but as sacred links in the chain of life.

The Callystegia soldanella, with its kidney-shaped fleshy leaves and soft trumpet-like flowers, is rendered with scientific precision. Yet Cibo's artistry transcends mere classification: he situates the plant in a lyrical world, where land, sky, and human figures echo the rhythms of the natural order.

In Cibo’s compositions —and Callystegia soldanella is no exception— the plant’s root often becomes the spinal column of a living landscape. The stems rise like pillars that support the very horizon, merging botany with architecture, taxonomy with narrative. Around it, pastoral scenes unfold: shepherds, rolling hills, water and sky — suggesting that every plant is a node in a larger cosmological design.

Here, the plant’s sinuous elegance mirrors the sea breeze that shapes its natural habitat. The leaves breathe — not just in a biological sense, but visually, as if gently stirred by the atmosphere of the page. Cibo’s watercolor is at once airy and exacting, imbued with a timeless vibrancy. His balance between anatomical accuracy and compositional grace elevates this work beyond science into something approaching the sacred.

Cibo does not merely illustrate — he interprets. Every botanical subject he touches is alive, not just in form but in meaning. “Callystegia soldanella” becomes both a study and a meditation — on fragility, endurance, and the exquisite geometry of life.

In Cibo’s hands, even a humble beach flower becomes a miracle, narrated through pigment and paper. With a single stroke, he captures the spirit of the Renaissance itself: the belief that to truly see a plant is, in some small way, to see the world entire.