Library / reading nook

Art for libraries, studies and reading corners: maps, botanical plates, portraits and detailed works that suit a room built around books. Many are best seen up close, at reading distance. Every piece is a museum-quality giclée print, made to order.

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Three hyacinth plants with bulbous roots displaying blue, green, and white flower spikes against a beige background.

Johannes Simon Holtzbecher

Hyacinthoides orientalis simp et pl

Leonardo da Vinci's sketch depicts a mortar weapon with fragmentation bombs on aged paper in sepia tones.

Leonardo da Vinci

Sketch of a mortar for fragmentation bombs

A pen sketch depicting an elderly bearded man in three-quarter view against a light background.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci, engraved by Raphael Morghen

1817 · engraving

A Renaissance drawing featuring laurel, palm, and juniper branches arranged in a wreath around a central scroll inscribed with Latin text against a dark speckled background.

Leonardo da Vinci

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forum Decorat [reverse]

1474 · tempera on panel

A male figure with outstretched arms and legs inscribed within a circle and square on aged beige paper with brown ink annotations.

Leonardo da Vinci

Vitruvian Man (Canon of Proportions)

1490 · pen and ink with wash over metalpoint on paper

A black and white illustration depicts a woman in an ornate patterned gown standing in a garden with trees and another figure nearby.

Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

La Beale Isoud at Joyous Gard

Toulouse-Lautrec's poster depicts four caricatured men in suits at a bar, rendered in tan, cream, and dark blue tones.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

The Irish American Bar, Rue Royale, The Chap Book

1895 · color lithograph

A colorful poster by Toulouse-Lautrec depicting a sailor and figures in period dress with red, yellow, and brown tones.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Babylon d'Allemagne

1884 · Lithograph printed in colours

Dense tropical jungle scene with layered green vegetation, pink flowers on the left, white flowers on the right, and a small figure among the plants.

The Equatorial Jungle

Mixed media artwork depicting a large ocean wave with layered blues, whites, and earth tones, featuring topographic map elements throughout the composition.

A densely forested landscape with tall eucalyptus trees, ferns, fallen logs, and a stream, rendered in greens, browns, and earth tones.

In the Sassafras Valley, Victoria

1875 · oil on canvas

A vertical Japanese painting depicting birds among flowering vines and plants on a pale yellow background, rendered in muted greens, blues, and browns.

Birds and flowers

1855 · hanging scroll, colour on silk

A sepia-toned pen and ink drawing depicting a seated female figure in classical robes with architectural elements sketched in the background.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Study of a Head (red chalk on paper)

red chalk on paper

Two sketched arms in graphite on aged paper, one extended and one relaxed, demonstrating anatomical study.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Study of two arms for 'The Drunkenness of Noah' in the Sistine Chapel

1508 · chalk on paper

A pen and ink drawing on aged paper depicts a bearded man in robes holding an object, rendered in brown tones.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Study of a Head

charcoal on paper

Michelangelo Buonarroti

Three Standing Men in Wide Cloaks Turned to the Left (recto)

1492 · ink on paper

Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration displays various arachnids including spiders and mites arranged symmetrically in browns, golds, and blacks.

Illustration of Arachnida

Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration depicts various sea anemones arranged around a central water feature in jewel tones and earth colors.

Illustration of Actiniae

Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration displays fifteen symmetrical marine organisms in gold, orange, blue, and green tones arranged on a black background.

Illustration of Ascidiacea

Haeckel's 1904 scientific illustration displays multiple gold and white detailed drawings of Blastoidea specimens arranged against a black background.

Illustration of Blastoidea

Ernst Haeckel's scientific illustration of various calcispongia specimens rendered in detailed black and white engraving against a dark background.

Illustration of Calcispongiae