Discomedusae – Jellyfish 2 Size:30×40 cm Among de Mesquita's most beautiful

Among de Mesquita's most beautiful works are his portraits

50×70 or 70×100 cm

Alfons Maria Mucha known internationally as Alphonse Mucha

and industrial art designer in the symbolism and Art Nouveau styles

Original from Rijksmuseum

Discomedusae – Jellyfish 2 Size:30×40 cm Among de Mesquita's most beautifulA second study of disc jellyfish, and a perfect companion to Haeckel's most famous plate. Here a different cast of medusae floats across the sheet, their bells patterned in warm corals and cool blues, tentacles streaming behind them in graceful, calligraphic lines. Ernst Haeckel's gift was to make these soft, near formless animals look architectural every curve deliberate, every arrangement balanced. The illustration is from Kunstformen der Natur (Art