Ostraciontes (Boxfish) - Ernst Haeckel, 1904. (Sea Life Wall Art)
This print gives you a close look at boxfish in a way that feels almost geometric. The colors are warm and a little antique, and the shapes read clearly from across the room. It works well as wall art in a study, office, or hallway, especially if your home decor already leans old-world and calm.
About this boxfish print
This print is based on Ernst Haeckel’s Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), published in sets between 1899. and 1904. and later collected in 1904. It is one of the book’s one hundred detailed natural-history images, made to show how structured and strange sea life can be when you slow down and really look.
“Ostraciontes” is an older grouping name used for boxfishes. They are known for a hard, box-like protective body covering, which is why they look so clean and angular on the page. Haeckel leans into that, treating the fish like a set of forms you can compare, almost like a neat reference page instead of a scene. If you want to stay with the same “organize the ocean” feeling, Ernst Haeckel’s Copepoda keeps the tidy layout but zooms in on tiny crustaceans, so the idea shifts from armored shapes to fine, microscopic detail.
Craft & finish
This boxfish 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.
Ostraciontes (Boxfish) 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.
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