Caption

Floral composition; creator: Frederik de Wit ca. 1630–1706, young; engraver: Jeremias Falck ca. 1609–1677; subject: flowers sunflowers, tulips, irises, daffodils; work type: illustration from Falck, Florum Icones, 1662; themes: albums, pattern books, decoration patterns, botany; cultural associations: Dutch, Polish, French graphics; date: after 1662; places: Amsterdam, Hamburg; format: album; dimensions: height 20.7 cm, width 14.4 cm., The image shows a vertical botanical illustration with a pale beige background and sepia-toned ink drawings of a group of flowers and leaves arranged in two columns; on the left a tall narrow leaf, a large ruffled petaled flower, and a cluster of smaller star-shaped flowers with long slender leaves and buds, all rendered in dark brown lines and shading, and on the right a large round sunflower-like bloom with textured center and several veined leaves on a curved stem above a tall tulip-like flower with layered petals and broad veined leaves, all in the same dark brown ink on the aged beige paper.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_176

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72.3Mb (6.3Mb) / 14.0in x 20.0in / 4210 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Floral composition creator Frederik de Wit ca 1630–1706 young engraver Jeremias Falck ca 1609–1677 subject flowers sunflowers tulips irises daffodils work type illustration Falck Florum Icones 1662 themes albums pattern books decoration patterns botany cultural associations Dutch Polish French graphics date places Amsterdam Hamburg format album dimensions height 20.7 cm width 14.4 cm image vertical botanical illustration pale beige background sepia-toned ink drawings group leaves arranged two columns left tall narrow leaf large ruffled petaled flower cluster smaller star-shaped flowers long slender leaves buds rendered dark brown lines shading right large round sunflower- bloom textured center several veined leaves curved stem tall tulip- flower layered petals broad dark brown ink aged beige paper.