Pleuronectes Platessa - The Plaise

by Marcus Elieser Bloch

Adorn your wall with one of the great pieces of scientific splendor from the 18th century. This beautiful art print reproduces the famed European Plaise (Pleuronectes Platessa), originally depicted with mastery by the renowned German naturalist and physician, Marcus Elieser Bloch.

True to its classic nature, the piece retains the original multilingual title block of Pleuronectes Platessa, Die Scholle, La Plie, The Plaise. Each aspect of the flatfish from its distinctive placement of eyes to the distinct spots of amber along its textured olive-brown body is a depiction of the greatest marine illustration of the Age of Enlightenment.

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