logo

A Botanical Model Of A Comfrey (symphytum Officinale) By Paul Osterloh

A Botanical model of a Comfrey (Symphytum officinale) by Paul Osterloh
Papier-mâché and wood
Leipzig
ca. 1900
h. 44 cm
Provenance: former university institution, Prague

Botanical model of a Symphytum officinale, or comfrey, or even consuelda, designed by Paul Osterloh (1849-1920), a scientific modeler active in Leipzig from 1880, who supplied Humboldt University of Berlin between 1884 and 1913.

In Portfolios