Caption

Floral arrangement, Tobias Frankenberger 1627–1664, young, engraver; German; Strasbourg; flowers, insects ladybugs, beetles, tulips; pattern books/decoration patterns; botany; French graphics; 1662; album; height 14.2 cm, width 10.8 cm, A botanical illustration shows a group of flowers and leaves rendered in dark ink on a light beige background with aged spotting; a large central flower with broad, textured petals dominates the composition, surrounded by several smaller blossoms with varied petal shapes and stems, and a few elongated leaves with visible veins. The drawing includes a couple of small insect-like shapes near the lower edge. The visible colors are dark brown or black ink and the pale beige or off-white of the paper.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_165

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (4.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4501 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Floral arrangement Tobias Frankenberger 1627–1664 young engraver German Strasbourg flowers insects ladybugs beetles tulips pattern books decoration patterns botany French graphics 1662 album height 14.2 cm width 10.8 cm botanical illustration group leaves rendered dark ink light beige background aged spotting large central flower broad textured petals dominates composition surrounded several smaller blossoms varied petal shapes stems elongated leaves visible veins drawing includes couple small insect- shapes near lower edge visible colors dark brown black ink pale beige off-white paper.