Garden City, NY
Details
- Dimensions
- 24ʺW × 2ʺD × 27ʺH
- Styles
- Traditional
- Art Subjects
- Botanic
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 17th Century
- Country of Origin
- Germany
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
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- Materials
- Engraving
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Green
- Condition Notes
- Excellent Antique Condition Excellent Antique Condition less
- Description
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This Besler. Pl. 218, Henp-leaved Althaea; Musk Mallow elegantly captures the blossoming botanicals in charming detail.
Delicately engraved on laid … more This Besler. Pl. 218, Henp-leaved Althaea; Musk Mallow elegantly captures the blossoming botanicals in charming detail.
Delicately engraved on laid paper, this original copper plate engraving has a tactile quality that is emphasized by the paper texture, raised linework, and platemark. This print is a valuable piece of history and a wonderful addition to antique and contemporary spaces alike.
Basilius Besler was a Nuremberg apothecary who created one of the first great botanical folios, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden of Eichstätt), in 1613. Working at a time when botanical illustrations were used primarily to identify plants for medicinal purposes, Besler created a monumental florilegium that prioritized the beauty of the plants over their pharmacological usefulness. As a result, Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis acts as a transitional fulcrum in the history of botanical art between the association of plants as medicine to plants as objects of beauty. less
Garden City, NY
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