Discomedusae Toreuma - Ernst Haeckel, 1904. (Sea Life Wall Art)
This print feels like a calm study page, but it still has real impact. The big jellyfish forms read almost like sunbursts, with warm gold and soft purple linework that looks good from across the room. It is an easy fit as wall art in a study, hallway, or reading corner, especially if your home decor leans vintage and you like art prints that reward a closer look.
About this jellyfish print
This print is based on an illustration from Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), released in installments from 1899. to 1904. and collected as a complete edition in 1904. The book is famous for turning marine life into clean, organized pages that feel both scientific and decorative.
“Discomedusae” is the page title, and this one focuses on jellyfish forms, including a label for the genus Toreuma. What makes the page so satisfying is the layout. Haeckel gives you a few main forms, then surrounds them with smaller studies, so the eye moves naturally and nothing feels crowded. On another page from the same book, Ernst Haeckel’s Narcomedusae continues that same quiet, organized approach, but with a lighter set of jellyfish shapes.
Craft & finish
This jellyfish print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Sea Life Art collection.
Discomedusae Toreuma (Ernst Haeckel, 1904.) - Vintage Animal Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box.
Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.Visit the link below to see more about how our replicas are made, how to display them, and repair the damage:
https://www.artifex-replicas.com/post/about-our-parchment-replicas
