Fumaria | Vintage Botanical Print

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

Bring Renaissance charm to your space with Fumaria, a delicate botanical watercolor illustration from the 16th century, created by Italian artist and botanist Gherardo Cibo. Originally featured in Mattioli’s expanded edition of Dioscorides’s De Materia Medica, this artwork beautifully portrays the fumitory plant surrounded by an idyllic landscape and figures in historical dress.

Perfect for fans of vintage botanical art, natural history prints, or antique herbal illustrations looking to enrich their space with printable floral decor of historical value.

➤ Instant digital download
➤ High-resolution file, ready to print
➤ Great for cottagecore interiors, botanical collections, academic settings, or herbal medicine lovers

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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

“Fumaria” by Gherardo Cibo: A Delicate Plant, a Tender World

With “Fumaria”, Gherardo Cibo gifts us yet another masterpiece of Renaissance botanical art — not merely a study of a plant, but a portrait of intimacy, landscape, and quiet emotion rendered through watercolor and ink. The piece, as with much of Cibo’s work, transcends its scientific purpose and becomes a subtle tableau of human connection and natural rhythm.

The central subject, the Fumaria officinalis, rises with gentle elegance. Its thin, branching stems and finely divided leaves are rendered with remarkable grace, their purple blossoms lightly scattered across the page like whispered thoughts. But it is in the world beneath the plant where the true spirit of the work unfolds. Two women, seated closely, share the shade of the fumitory as if in gentle conversation or reading a botanical manuscript together — a moment of learning, affection, or shared curiosity. Off to the left, another figure collects the plant, bending into her task with deliberate care.

Cibo constructs here not just a naturalist’s rendering but a philosophical allegory: the plant as protector, as witness, as mediator between people and landscape. The backdrop —soft hills, a scattering of birds, distant fortifications— evokes an Italian countryside imbued with order and serenity. Every line of the plant mirrors the tenderness of the human figures: delicate, considered, responsive.

While other botanical illustrations of the era focus solely on anatomy, Cibo invites us into a story. Fumaria, with its historical associations to melancholy and purification, becomes more than a medicinal herb. It is a symbol of emotional quietude and reflective companionship — a living metaphor for thoughtfulness and shared solitude.

This work affirms Cibo’s mastery not only as an artist, but as a humanist. “Fumaria” reminds us that plants do not grow in isolation — they grow among us, around us, and within the narratives we weave every day. Here, botany and emotion share the same roots.