Origanum | Vintage Botanical Print

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

Bring historical flavor to your home with Origanum, a detailed botanical watercolor illustration from the 16th century by Italian artist and botanist Gherardo Cibo. This exquisite piece, part of Mattioli’s expanded edition of Dioscorides’s De Materia Medica, portrays the oregano plant in different growth stages, framed by a scenic landscape and herbalist at work.

Perfect for lovers of vintage botanical art, herbal medicine prints, rustic kitchen decor, and antique plant illustrations.

➤ Instant digital download
➤ High-resolution file, ready to print
➤ Ideal for Mediterranean kitchens, cottagecore interiors, culinary herb decor, or herbalist spaces

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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

“Origanum” by Gherardo Cibo: A Quiet Symphony of Scent, Science, and Soul

In “Origanum”, the 16th-century master Gherardo Cibo delivers not only a botanical study of oregano, but a composition of exquisite balance — between precision and poetry, between the terrestrial and the transcendent. Through his brush, the humble herb becomes a chorus of color and form, speaking in the language of Renaissance reverence for the natural world.

The painting is structured as a triptych of stems, each representing a different variety or stage in the life of the Origanum genus. At the center, a vibrant flowering stalk erupts in pink-lilac blooms, its rounded leaves catching the light with gentle movement. To the left, a plant with purplish-red foliage offers visual contrast, suggesting a seasonal or varietal difference. And to the right, a leaner, more vertical stem reaches skyward with architectural grace.

Cibo’s watercolor technique is as confident as it is tender. Each leaf is a study in subtle asymmetry, each petal a breath of pigment. But beyond the botanical detail lies his signature vision: a landscape infused with narrative. In the background, a lone figure sits atop a rocky outcrop, notebook in hand, collecting or recording — perhaps a self-portrait of Cibo himself in scholarly contemplation. Birds trace delicate arcs across the sky, and the blue mountains fade into soft atmospheric perspective, evoking a world where science is lived, not merely studied.

The genius of “Origanum” lies in its tone. It is not grandiose, not allegorical in the classical sense, but instead quiet, attentive, devotional. The herb is shown not as an object of luxury or drama, but as an enduring part of daily life — culinary, medicinal, cultural. It is rooted in use, and yet elevated to art.

More than a plant, oregano becomes here a metaphor for equilibrium — between earth and air, pigment and page, intellect and intuition. With this piece, Cibo continues his lifelong project of giving dignity to what might otherwise be overlooked, reminding us that beauty does not demand rarity — only care.

“Origanum” is a whisper of a masterpiece, and like the herb it portrays, it lingers — in the eye, in the mind, and, imaginatively, in the breath.