Caption

Flower arrangement; Frederik de Wit ca. 1630–1706, young creator; Jeremias Falck ca. 1609–1677 engraver; flowers; albums; pattern books; decoration patterns; thistles; botany; irises; Polish; Florum Icones, 1662 — illustration; French graphics; after 1662; Hamburg; Amsterdam; album; height 21.3 cm; width 15.9 cm, An engraved botanical illustration on a cream-colored, slightly aged paper showing a group of plants arranged across the page; on the left a spiky thistle with tall ribbed stems and a pair of round, bristly flower heads, surrounded by jagged, lobed leaves with sharp points rendered in fine dark brown lines; below it a cluster of open wildrose-type flowers with rounded petals and textured centers plus a group of oval, veined leaves and unopened buds, all drawn in the same dark brown ink; to the right a tall, elegant iris with broad, curving petals and long, smooth leaves, depicted with parallel hatch shading; above and between the plants a slender-stemmed branch bearing clusters of small, rounded berry-like fruits and lobed leaves; the entire composition is framed by a thin double-line border and shows subtle paper stains and discoloration in shades of light brown and tan.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A33_175

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Rights managed

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72.3Mb (4.9Mb) / 14.0in x 20.0in / 4210 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Flower arrangement Frederik de Wit ca 1630–1706 young creator Jeremias Falck ca 1609–1677 engraver flowers albums pattern books decoration patterns thistles botany irises Polish Florum Icones 1662 illustration French graphics Hamburg Amsterdam album height 21.3 cm width 15.9 cm engraved botanical illustration cream-colored slightly aged paper showing group plants arranged across page left spiky thistle tall ribbed stems pair round bristly flower heads surrounded jagged lobed leaves sharp points rendered fine dark brown lines cluster open wildrose-type flowers rounded petals textured centers plus oval veined leaves unopened buds drawn dark brown ink right elegant iris broad curving petals long smooth leaves depicted parallel hatch shading slender-stemmed branch bearing clusters small rounded berry- fruits entire composition framed thin double-line border subtle paper stains discoloration shades light brown tan.