Polycyttaria Radiolarian PrintErnst Haeckel · c. 1904

Polycyttaria (Vereins-Strahlinge) is Tafel 51 of Ernst Haeckel's Kunstformen der Natur, 1904. It shows colonial radiolarians, microscopic marine organisms, in soft blue-grey and yellow on a cream sheet. Rounded colonies, branching forms and star-shaped clusters are laid out around a large central figure.

Twelve figures are numbered. A large star-shaped colony with a honeycomb sphere at its centre, ringed by blue-grey knobs on a yellow cloud, fills the middle. Round colonies patterned with blue dots and tangled threads sit at the upper corners, with a small yellow ring and a branching white form between them. Two round yellow discs with grey lattice centres fill the lower corners, with a feathered branching form between. The header reads "Tafel 51 — Collosphaera"; the caption reads "Polycyttaria. — Vereins-Strahlinge."

Printed on 325gsm museum-grade archival matte paper using fade-resistant giclée printing with archival inks, preserving the detail and character of the original for generations.

Colors may vary slightly between screens and the finished piece — the print will always be richer.