Johann Walter botanical prints

Johann Jakob Walther painted the gardens of the Count of Nassau in the 1650s, at a moment when a tulip could be worth more than a house. His plates record real plants from a real garden — which is why the flowers lean, the leaves curl, and the occasional insect sits where an insect actually sat.

That accuracy is what makes them work as decoration. There is no stylisation to date them, so they sit as comfortably in a modern kitchen as in a panelled study.

Hung as a set of three in matching frames, they read as a single piece. Hung alone in a larger format, one plate carries a wall on its own.

Browse our vintage botanical prints, Pierre-Joseph Redouté's roses and our spring wall art.