Caption

Floral composition, Frederik de Wit ca. 1630–1706; young creator, engraved by Jeremias Falck ca. 1609–1677; flowers — irises, tulips; pattern book / album illustration; decoration patterns; botany; Polish subject; from Falck, Florum Icones, 1662 illustration, after 1662; French/Dutch graphics; album; Amsterdam; height 20.4 cm, width 14.6 cm, A sepia-toned illustration on aged paper shows a group of botanical drawings arranged across the page, featuring a variety of flower heads, stems, leaves, and buds. The flowers display different shapes including a bell-like, checkered-pattern bloom with long narrow leaves, a ruffled multi-petaled blossom on a curving stem, a drooping bud near broad veined leaves, and a large intricately folded iris-like flower with layered petals and stout stem. Several long, slender leaves curve and intertwine among the stems, and a few rounded leaves with textured veins sit near the bottom. The image is rendered in dark brown line work against a light tan background with small spots and discolorations.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A33_182

License type

Rights managed

Available size

72.3Mb (6.0Mb) / 14.0in x 20.0in / 4210 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Floral composition Frederik de Wit ca 1630–1706 young creator engraved Jeremias Falck ca 1609–1677 flowers irises tulips pattern book album illustration decoration patterns botany Polish subject Falck Florum Icones 1662 illustration 1662 French Dutch graphics album Amsterdam height 20.4 cm width 14.6 cm sepia-toned illustration aged paper group botanical drawings arranged across page featuring variety flower heads stems leaves buds display different shapes bell- checkered-pattern bloom long narrow leaves ruffled multi-petaled blossom curving stem drooping bud near broad veined large intricately folded iris- flower layered petals stout stem Several long slender curve intertwine rounded leaves textured veins sit near bottom image rendered dark brown line work light tan background small spots discolorations.