C1747

Fungus Orbicularis seu Crepitus hipi,

Artist:

Georg Dionysus Ehret

Superb botanical engraving by Georg Dionysus Ehret, one of the greatest botanical artists of the Golden Period of Dutch botanical painting, The series of plants in the collection of Johann Wilhelm Weinmann who was the director of the longest established pharmacy in … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Fungus Orbicularis seu Crepitus hipi,

Date:

C1747

Artist:

Georg Dionysus Ehret

Condition:

In good condition

Technique:

Original colour printed mezzotint

Image Size: 

215mm 
x 335mm
AUTHENTICITY
Fungus Orbicularis seu Crepitus hipi, - Antique Print from 1747

Genuine antique
dated:

1747

Description:

Superb botanical engraving by Georg Dionysus Ehret, one of the greatest botanical artists of the Golden Period of Dutch botanical painting,

The
series of plants in the collection of Johann Wilhelm Weinmann who was
the director of the longest established pharmacy in Regensburg was one
of the most important and lavish florilegiums to be published.

Weinmann produced Phytanthosa Iconographia, with most of the engravings painted by Georg Dionysius Ehret.

From, Weinmann’s, Phytanthoza
iconographia; sive Conspectus aliquot millium, tam indigenarum quam
exoticarum, ex quatuor mundi partibus, longa annorum serie indefessoque
studio … collectarum plantarum, arborum, fruticum, florum fructuum,
fungorum.

References:
Dunthorne 327; Great Flower Books (1990) p.151, Nissen BBI 2126;

Biography:

 

Georg Dionysus Ehret (1708-1770)

Ehret was a
German botanist, entomologist and artist who began his career working as
a gardeners apprentice and became one the greatest botanical artists of
the eighteenth century. His artistic talents soon caught the eye of
Johann W. Weinmann in Regensburg and he was invited to draw the
illustrations for Phytanthoza Iconographia. Soon after he met
Dr. Christoph Jakob Trew(1695-1769), a wealthy physician from Nurenberg,
who became a lifelong friend, benefactor and publisher of most of
Ehret’s work, including the famous Plantae Selectae, which was released from 1750-1773 and he contributed significantly to Trew’s Hortus Nitidissimus (1750-1786).

Subsequently,
while in Paris, Ehret was hosted by Bernard de Jussieu (1699-c.1777),
brother of Antoine and also an eminent botanist. In Holland he was to
meet and befriend Carolus Linnaeus. Later in England, Ehret’s
acquaintances included Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) founder of the
British Museum, and Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), famed British
naturalist and companion of Captain James Cook on his first voyage of
exploration.

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