Accession No

3404

Brief Description

two botanical prints of iris plants, engraving, hand-coloured, by B. Besler and others, German, 1613

Origin

Germany; Nuremberg

Maker

Rauen, Seruaes

Class

prints; natural history

Earliest Date

1613

Latest Date

1613

Inscription Date

1613

Material

paper; wood; glass; card

Dimensions

breadth 593mm; height 680mm

Special Collection

Provenance

Purchased from Robert Douwma Prints & Maps Ltd, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London, 1986.

Inscription

‘Seruaes Rauen sculptor’ (round root of Sedum Vulgarae)

Description Notes

Two botanical prints of iris plants, engraving, hand-coloured, by B. Besler and others, German, 1613

Two copper engraving with hand colouring from a set of 58 prepared under the supervision of Basilius Besler of Nuremberg as a record of the gardens of Johann Conrad von Gemmingen of Eichstätt. One plate shows 3 iris plants: yellow, brown and white (repair to bottom right hand corner) the other, signed, plate shows sedum and pea plants: red purplish-white, pink and yellow. Mounted and framed.

Condition good; complete

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