Hunt Institute specializes in the history of botany and all aspects of plant science and serves the international scientific community through research and documentation. To this end, the Institute acquires and maintains authoritative collections of books, plant images, manuscripts, portraits and data files, and provides publications and other modes of information service. The Institute meets the reference needs of botanists, biologists, historians, conservationists, librarians, bibliographers and the public at large, especially those concerned with any aspect of the North American flora. Learn more
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Catalogue of the Botanical Art Collection at the Hunt Institute database
The collection of botanical art and illustration in the Art Department at the Hunt Institute is one of the world's largest and most broadly representative. It includes over 30,000 original works—paintings (mostly watercolors), drawings and original prints—dating from the Renaissance onward. Information about the artwork in the fully catalogued Art collection is accessible in this database to which images are being added.
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Flora Portrayed: Classics of Botanical Art from the Hunt Institute Collection
This illustrated exhibition catalogue included descriptions, commentary and reproductions of 88 works representing the best of botanical art from the 17th century to the present.
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Gérard van Spaendonck artwork
The Art Department holds 17 artworks by Gérard van Spaendonck (1746–1822), including 16 engravings for his Fleurs Dessinées d'après Nature (Paris, l'Auteur, au Jardin des Plantes, 1801) and one gouache painting.
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