Haeckel Collection

Art of Diatom algae (from Ernst Haeckel)
Diatoms. Computer-enhanced engraving of assorted species of diatom. Diatoms are a group of single- celled algae

1894 Haeckel Pithecanthropus ape man crop
Pithecanthropus europeaus alalus (european speechless ape-man) by Gabriel Max, 1894

1909 Cartoon Darwin, apes, Haeckel
1909 " On Darwins hundredth Birthday" Illustration of Charles Darwin in heavenly tree with young chimpanzee (left) and orangutan (right)

Basidiomycota: filamentous fungi
Coloured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904

Pedigree of Man
Tab XV from Ernst Haeckel (1879) The Evolution of man: a popular exposition of the principal points of human ontogeny and phylogeny, London: Kegan Paul, 2 v: ill

Nepenthes gymnamphora pitcher plant
Nephenaceae or pitcher plants: Nepenthes gymnamphora (Nepenthes melamphora), carnivorous plant native to Indonesia

Acanthophracta, radiolarians
Coloured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904

Nudibranchia or sea slugs: Hermaea bifida 1, Facelina auriculata coronata 2, Dendronotus frondosus 3, Okenia elegans 4, Doto coronata 5, Tritonia hombergii 6 and Ancula gibbosa 7

Ctenophora or comb jellies
Ctenophora or comb jelly: Haeckelia rubra 1, 2, Hormiphora species 3, Callianira bialata 4, Tinerfe cyanea 5, and Lampea pancerina 6

Haliomma, H. Echinaster, H. Castanea, Actinomma, A. Inerme, A. Trinacrium, A. Drymodes
Haliomma, H. Echinaster, H. Castanea, Actinomma, A. Inerme, A. Trinacrium, A

Ostraciontes: Longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta, scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis, striped cowfish, Aracana aurita, and humpback turret fish, Tetrosomus gibbosus

Ammonitida or extinct fossil ammonites: Cardioceras cordatum 1, 2, Schloenbachia varians 3, 4, Ptychites opulentus 5, 6, Douvilleiceras mammillatum 7, Puzosia planulatus 8

Acantharia Radiolaria protozoa species: Xiphacantha species 1, Stauracantha spinulosa 2, Phyllostauridae species 3, Pristacantha polyodon 4, Lithopteridae species 5, Gigartaconidae species 6, 7

Art forms of nature, 1899-1903. Creator: Haeckel, Ernst (1834-1919)
Art forms of nature, 1899-1903. Private Collection

Charles Darwin (1809 - 1882), receiving birthday homage (after his death) from the German biologist Ernst Haeckel. Date: 1909

Portrait of Ernst Haeckel next to the skeleton of a monkey, c. 1860 (photo)
3432991 Portrait of Ernst Haeckel next to the skeleton of a monkey, c.1860 (photo) by Perscheid

Plate 7 Epibulia Siphonophorae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615752 Plate 7 Epibulia Siphonophorae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 5 Ascandra Calcispongiae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615750 Plate 5 Ascandra Calcispongiae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 2 Globigerina Thalamophora from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature)
5615748 Plate 2 Globigerina Thalamophora from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 16 Pegantha Narcomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615761 Plate 16 Pegantha Narcomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 3 Stentor Ciliata from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615749 Plate 3 Stentor Ciliata from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 19 Pennatula Pennatulida from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615737 Plate 19 Pennatula Pennatulida from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 12 Miliola Talamophora from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615757 Plate 12 Miliola Talamophora from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 9 Maeandrina Hexacoralla from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615754 Plate 9 Maeandrina Hexacoralla from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 6 Tubuletta Tubulariae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615751 Plate 6 Tubuletta Tubulariae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 1 Circogonia Phaeodaria from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615747 Plate 1 Circogonia Phaeodaria from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 28 Toreuma bellagemma
5615745 Plate 28 Toreuma bellagemma, Discomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 26 Carmaris Trachomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature)
5615743 Plate 26 Carmaris Trachomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 18 Linantha Discomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615736 Plate 18 Linantha Discomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 15 Zonaria Fucoideae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615760 Plate 15 Zonaria Fucoideae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 14 Peridinium Peridinea from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615759 Plate 14 Peridinium Peridinea from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 13 Dinobryon Flagellata from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615758 Plate 13 Dinobryon Flagellata from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 8 Desmonema Discomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615753 Plate 8 Desmonema Discomedusae from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Plate 20 Pentacrinus Crinoidea from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615738 Plate 20 Pentacrinus Crinoidea from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Portrait of Ernst Haeckel, c. 1910 (photo)
3432998 Portrait of Ernst Haeckel, c.1910 (photo) by Perscheid, Nicola (1864-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1834 -1919) was a German biologist

Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) front cover of third edition illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)
5615746 Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) front cover of third edition illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919)

Plate 22 Elaphospyris Spyroidea from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature)
5615740 Plate 22 Elaphospyris Spyroidea from Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature) illustrated by Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) by Haeckel

Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), 1899-1903. Creator: Haeckel
Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), 1899-1903. Private Collection

Filicinae or fern plants: Alsophila species, Polypodium species, Asplenium nidus, Angiopteris species, Monogramma species, and Pteris quadriaurita

Teleostei or ray-finned fish: sea moth, Pegasus laternarius 1, short-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus hippocampus 2, leafy sea dragon, Phycodurus eques 3, Striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus 4

Discomedusae jellyfish species
Discomedusae jellyfish: lions mane jellyfish, Cyanea annasethe 1, 2, Floresca species 3, and compass jellyfish, Chrysaora hysoscella 4

Siphonophorae hydrozoa: Epibulia ritteriana 1, 2, and Salacella uvaria 3-6

Tineida or moths: twenty-plume moth, Alucita hexadactyla, white-plume moth and wing scales, Pterophorus pentadactylus, rose-plume moth, Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, Phyllonorycter populifoliella

Squid and octopi
Gamochonia octopi and squid: long-armed squid, Chiroteuthis veranii, umbrella squid, Histioteuthis bonnellii, Pinnoctopus cordiformis, common octopus, Octopus vulgaris, and Amphioctopus granulatus

Staurozoa or stalked jellyfish: Tesserantha connectens 1, 2, Haliclystus auricula 3, 4, 5, Lucernaria bathyphila 6 and Lucernaria quadricornis 7

Anthomedusae plantonic medusa: Zanclea gemmosa, Koellikerina fasciculata, Neoturris pileata, Larsonia pterophylla, and Sarsiella dinema

Asteriidae starfish: common starfish, Asterias rubens, sea star, Hymenaster echinulatus 11, and sea star, Pteraster stellifer 12

Merchant cap jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla
Peromedusae jellyfish: merchant cap jellyfish, Periphylla periphylla 1-7

Siphonophora jellyfish colony. Physophora hydrostatica (Discolabe quadrigata), colony, gas bladder, swimming bell, polyp, etc

Leptomedusae jellyfish: Aequorea pensilis 1, Zygocanna diploconus 2, 3, 5, many-ribbed jellyfish, Aequorea forskalea 4, and Orchistoma elegans 6

Echinoidea sea urchins: sea biscuit, Clypeaster rosaceus 1, 2, Encope emarginata 3, 4, green sea urchin, Echinocyamus pusillus 5-9

Trachymedusae jellyfish: Geryonia proboscidalis 1-7. Chromolithograph by Adolf Glitsch from an illustration by Ernst Haeckel from Art Forms in Nature, Kunstformen der Natur, Liepzig, Germany, 1904

Bryozoa moss animals: Cristatella mucedo 1-5, 10-12, Plumatella repens 6-8 and fungoid bryosoan, Plumatella fungosa 9

Crinoidea sea lilies: Saracrinus angulatus 1, 7, 8, Endoxocrinus maclearanus 2, and Endoxocrinus wyvillethomsoni 3-6

Pennatulacea sea pen corals: Umbellula encrinus 1, Halipteris finmarchica 2, Kophobelemnon leukarti 3, Renilla reniformis 4, 5, 6, Stylatula elegans 7, Stylatula kinbergi 8, Virgularia glacialis 9

Discomedusae jellyfish: Linantha lunulata 1, 2, Palephyra antiqua 3, 4, 5, Palephyra pelagica 6, Coronatae species 7, Nausithoe challengeri 8, and Wyvilles crownjelly, Atolla wyvillei 9

Siphonophorae hydrozoa: Porpema prunella and Porpita species, young and adult colonies, gas bladder, etc

Fucoideae seaweeds and algae
Fucoideae seaweeds: bullwhip kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana 1, Cutleria multifida 2, Cystoseira spinosa 3, Agarum clathrus 4, Scaberia agardhii 5, peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 6

Ernst Haeckel
3779682 Ernst Haeckel by Orlik, Emil (1870-1932); (add.info.: Ernst Haeckel. German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist, 16 February 1834 - 9 August 1919)

Coral Bank in the Red Sea (chromolitho)
967846 Coral Bank in the Red Sea (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coral Bank in the Red Sea)

Computer art of radiolarians (from Ernst Haeckel)
Radiolarians. Computer-enhanced engraving of radiolarian species. These one-celled protozoan animals are found in marine plankton

Computer artwork of ammonites (from Ernst Haeckel)
Ammonite shells. Computer-enhanced engraving of an assortment of ammonite species. Side and front views of the spiral shells are seen, each with many chambers

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, 1834 - 1919. German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist

Land-working women, East Prussia, 1922. Artist: Georg Haeckel
Land-working women, East Prussia, 1922

Ernst Haeckel, German zoologist and evolutionist, 1899
Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) German zoologist and evolutionist. Recapitulation theory Ontology recapitulates phylogeny, 1899

Lacertilia, lizards
Coloured lithograph by Ernst Haeckel from Kunstformen der Natur, 1899-1904. Date: 1904

The Modern Theory of the Descent of Man (evolution from protoplasm to Papuan)
EVOLUTION CHART. The Modern Theory of the Descent of Man (evolution from protoplasm to Papuan): an evolutionary chart of 1876 by Ernst Haeckel, the first German advocate of Darwinism

Ernst Haeckel teaching in his laboratory at Jena University, Germany. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Professor Ernst Haeckel with an ancestral human skeleton at Jena, about 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel, 1836 To 1919. German Biologist, Naturalist, Philosopher, Physician, Professor And Artist. From Die Gartenlaube, Published 1905

Village, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1906. Artist: Ernst Haeckel
Village, Sumatra, Indonesia, 1906

Washing-up at a juvenile summer holiday camp, Germany, 1922. Artist: Otto Haeckel
Washing-up at a juvenile summer holiday camp, Germany, 1922

A woman creatively peeling a potato, 1922. Artist: Georg Haeckel
A woman creatively peeling a potato, 1922. Deft artistry lends grace to simple tasks

A forest maiden in her Sunday frock, 1922. Artist: Georg Haeckel
A forest maiden in her Sunday frock, 1922

A baptismal procession, Black Forest, Germany, 1922. Artist: Georg Haeckel
A baptismal procession, Black Forest, Germany, 1922

Haeckels comparision of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man. Artist: Ernst Haeckel
Haeckels comparision of embryos of Pig, Cow, Rabbit and Man

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"Haeckel: Exploring the Wonders of Nature Through Art and Science" Step into the captivating world of Ernst Haeckel, a renowned German biologist and artist whose work revolutionized our understanding of the natural world. In 1894, Haeckel unveiled his mesmerizing "Art of Diatom algae, " showcasing the intricate beauty hidden within these microscopic organisms. Delving further into evolution, Haeckel introduced us to Pithecanthropus, an ape man crop that challenged conventional beliefs about human origins in 1909. His thought-provoking cartoon featuring Darwin, apes, and himself ignited discussions on our shared ancestry. Beyond evolutionary studies, Haeckel's fascination with nature extended to Basidiomycota - filamentous fungi that thrive in diverse ecosystems. He meticulously studied their forms and patterns to unravel their secrets. In his groundbreaking masterpiece "Pedigree of Man, " Haeckel traced humanity's lineage through time immemorial. This awe-inspiring illustration captured the essence of our interconnectedness with all living beings. Venturing into botanical wonders, Haeckel explored Nepenthes gymnamphora pitcher plant - a carnivorous marvel that lures unsuspecting prey into its deadly embrace. His detailed observations shed light on this extraordinary adaptation for survival. Hailing from Acanthophracta radiolarians to Nudibranchia sea slugs and Ctenophora comb jellies - Haeckel unraveled the mysteries dwelling beneath ocean depths. These enchanting creatures fascinated him as he sought to unveil their hidden stories through artistry and scientific inquiry. In 1886, a French copy of Haeckel's tree-of-life diagram emerged; it depicted life's diversity branching out like delicate tendrils across time and space—a testament to his enduring influence on evolutionary biology. Ernst it also paid homage to Charles Darwin, his intellectual predecessor.