Christoph Trew -Dionysius Ehret

A Set of Three engraved botanical plates

Documentation

Ample Provenance

Origin

Germany

Period

18th Century

Materials

Set of three hand-coloured copper engraved botanicals. Framed and glazed.

Dimensions

W.	17.83 in;	H.	23.9 in;
W.	45.3 cm;	H.	60.7 cm;

Condition

Good.

Creation Date

1750-1773

Description

Fine images from Trew's 'Plantae Selectae', one of the greatest of all eighteenth-century botanical books, drawn by the greatest of eighteenth-century botanical artists, George Dionysius Ehret. Linnaeus, wrote to Trew, in Latin, that "The miracles of our century in the natural sciences are your work of Ehret's plants...nothing to equal them was seen in the past or will be in the future".

Set of three hand-coloured copper engraved botanicals: Papaya fructu oblongo, Musae fructu longiori and Musae fructu breviori, from Trew’s Plantae Selectae. Framed and glazed.

Styles / Movements

Other , Realism

Dealer Reference Number

98256

Incollect Reference Number

270633