Botanical Art Collections in Europe
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Below you can find links to permanent collections of botanical art in Denmark, Ireland and Spain.

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Austria - Permanent Collections
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The Austrian National Library 
(Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, abbreviated ÖNB) 
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Denmark - Permanent Collections
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Royal Library of Copenhagen
Online Gallery of the Flora Danicum
Thumbnail and list version of the 3,240 engravings in the Danish botanical work Flora Danica in the Royal Library of Copenhagen. This document - begun in 1761 - consists of 3,240 engravings in folio of all the wild plants that grew in the kingdom 

Galium palustre from Flora Danica. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Lilium candidum monstrosum by Johannes Simon Holtzbecher (via Wikimedia Commons). Gouache, Height: 505 mm (19.88 in). Width: 385 mm (15.16 in) Location: Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

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Ireland - Permanent Collections
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The National Botanic Gardens at Glasnevin houses a permanent collection of botanical art created by c.20 artists, both Irish and foreign.

Botanic Gardens at Glassnevin By William Murphy [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Spain - Permanent Collections
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Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid 

• Drawings (online) of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the online - more than 7100 drawings made ​​during the Royal Botanical Expedition of the New Kingdom of Granada (1783-1816) led by José Celestino Mutis. These relate to the new Kingdom of Grenada and the expeditions of José Celestino Mutis to what is now known as Columbia. Prior to digitsation, the first volume of this work was published in 1953; at present 23 volumes with more than 500 illustrations and scientific descriptions have been published. Read more about the legacy of Mutis.

Website of the collection of Drawings of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the New Kingdom of Granada