A watercolor drawing of three stalks of Purperorchis, depicted growing in the ground. The flowers are arranged in a thick, dense cluster at the top of the stem.At the base of the plant are elongated, broad green leaves.

Purperorchis / Orchis purpurea, n.d., by #MariaMoninckx (#MariaMonnincks; Dutch, 1673 or 1676–1757), who was buried #otd, Feb 26

Folio 58 from Moninckx Atlas, vol. 8, c.1699–1709, held at the @allardpierson.bsky.social

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An early 18th-century watercolor drawing of ice plant (Delosperma) with pink flowers.

Ice Plant / Mesembryanthemum Crassifolium, c.1710, by #MariaMoninckx (Dutch, 1673/76–1757). Moninckx Atlas of the Hortus Botanicus, University of Amsterdam, @allardpierson.bsky.social; source, artherstory.net/women-and-th... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

A drawing of an aloe plant, with six bottom leaves drooping over, and five upper leaves standing more or less straight up.

Aloe Africana caulescens, 1702, by #MariaMoninckx (#MariaMonnincks; Dutch, 1673 or 1676–1757), who was buried #otd, Feb 26. Held at the @uva.nl; source, Female Artists in History, www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #womenartists #artherstory #womenbotanicalartists #hernaturalhistory

Moldavica orientalis betonicae, 1703-05, by #MariaMoninckx (#MariaMonnincks; Dutch, 1673 or 1676–1757), who was buried #otd, Feb 26. Held at the University of Amsterdam; source, Female Artists in History, www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory

Centaurium majus orientale, 1703-05, by #MariaMoninckx (#MariaMonnincks; Dutch, 1673 or 1676–1757). Held at the University of Amsterdam; source, Female Artists in History, www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=... #womenartists #artherstory #womenbotanicalartists #hernaturalhistory