C1767
Crocodile
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Full Title:
Crocodile
Date:
C1767
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring
Image Size:
380mm
x 280mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1767
Description:
Modern common name Saltwater crocodile, estuarine or Indo-Pacific crocodile.
Modern binomial name Crocodylus porosus
First described Schneider, 1801
Distribution Australia, New Guinea and Indochina
From Knorr’s, Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlefenes Naturalien-Cabinet (Selected Delights of Nature, or the Exquisite Collector’s Cabinet) the rare large folio edition.
George Wolfgang Knorr (1705 - 1761)
Knorr was a German paleontologist, artist, engraver and collector. At age 18, he became an engraver for Leonhard Blanc, working with Martin Tyroff on the illustrations for Jacob Scheuchzer's Physica Sacra . He then engraved portraits, landscapes and geological illustrations. He also took a keen interest in the work of Albert Durer and engraved copies of a number of animal a studies. As Nuremberg became the center of production for fine natural history books, Knorr published a number of scientific works. These included his most famous series Deliciae Naturae Selectae Oder Auserlefenes Naturalien Cabinet.
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