Caption

Floral composition; Frederik de Wit ca. 1630–1706 young; engraved by Jeremias Falck ca. 1609–1677; illustration for Falck, Florum Icones, 1662; botanic illustration of flowers including hibiscuses, roses, irises; pattern book/album of decoration patterns; Dutch and Polish cultural influences; French graphics; after 1662; album; height 20.5 cm, width 14.8 cm., The image shows a sheet with detailed botanical drawings of a few flowers and leaves rendered in sepia tones on a beige, slightly aged background; on the left is a vertical stem with elongated leaves and a cluster of small, round-petaled blossoms, and below it a taller stem with long, narrow leaves and a tightly furled, layered bud; on the right are a few larger, ruffled blooms with overlapping, textured petals and accompanying curved leaves and stems, all depicted with fine, linear shading and crosshatching that emphasize petal folds and leaf veins.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_181

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72.3Mb (5.9Mb) / 14.0in x 20.0in / 4210 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Floral composition Frederik de Wit ca 1630–1706 young engraved Jeremias Falck ca 1609–1677 illustration Falck Florum Icones 1662 botanic illustration flowers hibiscuses roses irises pattern book album decoration patterns Dutch Polish cultural influences French graphics height 20.5 cm width 14.8 cm image sheet detailed botanical drawings leaves rendered sepia tones beige slightly aged background left vertical stem elongated leaves cluster small round-petaled blossoms taller stem long narrow leaves tightly furled layered bud right larger ruffled blooms overlapping textured petals accompanying curved leaves stems depicted fine linear shading crosshatching emphasize petal folds leaf veins.