Calcareous Sponges

Name: Calcareous Sponges
Brand: Madten
SKU: anim-haeckel-calcispongiae-sponges
Availability: InStock

Calcispongiae

Calcareous Sponges (Calcispongiae) — Kunstformen der Natur · Ernst Haeckel · 1899-1904.

MaterialHeavyweight matte paper

Size2:3 ratio

BorderPlate to the edge

Frame

$59Unframed print · made to order

📦 Free shipping on every order, arriving in 4–9 business days with production included. Express ($14.90) at checkout arrives in 4–6 business days.

Complete the setHangs well with these two

This print

Calcareous Sponges

Sea Anemones (Haeckel)

Starfish

3 × $59 at 16 × 24 in, unframed = $177 → $159.30 as a set · 10% included · free shipping

Giclée-printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper

Free shipping worldwide · arrives in 4–9 business days

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free

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Where it works

Haeckel's calcareous sponges, tubular and branching forms drawn in silver and gold tone on a black ground, a tree-like sponge at the center. The black field suits a dark study, a bathroom or a bar wall at 16×24 in a black frame, grouped with his Stony Corals.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Antique natural-history plate
Era: 1899–1904 (Haeckel)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: black, gold, grey
Mood: dramatic, moody
Rooms: bathroom, study or library, home bar

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.

Framing. Choose Full-bleed for the plate edge to edge in a slim black or natural wood frame, or the White-mat border for a classic gallery look. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.

Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Also available as gallery-wrapped canvas — ready to hang, no frame needed • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

About this design

Calcareous Sponges (Calcispongiae) — Kunstformen der Natur · Ernst Haeckel · 1899-1904. This is a restored public-domain natural-history plate, printed edge-to-edge so the plate fills the sheet, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Animals Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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The Madten promise

Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

Free worldwide shipping. Made & shipped from the facility nearest you — most orders arrive in 4–9 business days.

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