Haemanthus
published 1750-1773
Artist, German, 1704 - 1767
Artist, German, 1737 - 1809
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored engraving on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 52.2 x 36.8 cm (20 9/16 x 14 1/2 in.)
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Accession
1991.163.100
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Catalogue Raisonné
Dunthorne 1938, no. 309
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The Old Print Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Dr. and Mrs. George Benjamin Green, Virgina; gift to NGA, 1991.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1938
Dunthorne, Gordon. Flower and Fruit Prints of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries. Washington, 1938.
Inscriptions
upper right in plate: Tab. XLIV.; across bottom in plate: HAEMANTHVS Colchici foliis, periantheo herbaceo Dill. H. Elth. p.167. t. 140. / a. flos integer, b. ovarium infra florem, c. corolla dissecta et explanata a facie interna cum sex staminibus tubo adcretis, d. ovarium denudatum, e. stylus / cum Stigmate obtuso, f. bacca integra, g. transverse secta, h. semen, i. - p. idem iam vegetans.; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: XXV
Watermarks
shield
Wikidata ID
Q74895184