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Original antique equestrian art print an engraving of horses from Merian & Jonston's Historia Naturalis. The work was published in …
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Original antique equestrian art print an engraving of horses from Merian & Jonston's Historia Naturalis. The work was published in Amsterdam in 1660 by J. J. Schipper. Matthias Merian completed the copper plate engravings after the original drawings of John Jonston. Presented archival matted and framed.
John Jonston studied medicine and natural sciences St. Andrews, Cambridge, and Leiden. He published major natural history studies, including Thaumatographia Naturalis in 1632. The work detailed knowledge of astronomy, paleontology, plants, animals and man. He also published Theatrum Universale Omnium Animalium in 1650. The plates for this work were after his own drawings and engraved by Matthias Merian. The images were of a wide range of animal species.
Please view our other prints of horses from this series framed in like frames for display in groups
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- Dimensions
- 13ʺW × 1ʺD × 17ʺH
- Art Subjects
- Animals
- Frame Type
- Framed
- Period
- 17th Century
- Country of Origin
- Netherlands
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Printmaking Materials
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Good antique condition minor imperfections commensurate of age. Good antique condition minor imperfections commensurate of age. less
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