Légende
Three flower branches with rhinoceros beetle, butterfly and beetle, Chinese flowers and insects, print, album page, ornamental print, Series number, 4, 6, butterfly and beetle. At the bottom a chicken, rooster and chicks. Print is part of an album., printmaker: Pieter Schenk (II), Amsterdam, Leipzig, 1727 - 1775, unknown, grantor of privilege, paper, etching, height 167 mm x width 244 mm, flowers, Chinese, fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.), insects: butterfly, insects: beetle, A rectangular cream-colored sheet framed by a thin dark border contains detailed black ink illustrations including a large patterned butterfly with outstretched wings near the top center, a textured stag beetle with prominent mandibles to the right, a rounded horned beetle resting on a shaded patch below the butterfly, tall slender flowering stems with clusters of simple leaves and round blossoms on the left and right margins, a sprig of small leaves and tiny buds between the butterfly and beetle, a rooster standing with ornate tail feathers near the lower right, and several small chicks and young birds scattered along the lower area, all rendered in fine linework and stippling.
Crédit
Photo12/Liszt Collection
Notre référence
LZT26B27_289
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
36.1Mo (7.3Mo) / 35.8cm x 25.2cm / 4226 x 2982 (300dpi)