Johann Weinmann

Artist's Biography

a. Cucurbita longa folio milliflore alba. b. Cucurbita flore luteo folio aspero, fructu albo.... No. 442.

Copper engraving printed in color and finished by hand, 1736-45.
Paper size 15 1/2 x 18 1/8" (39.4 x 46.1 cm).
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City

Inventory Number: 65686
Price: $750.00
Publisher : Published in Amsterdam and Ratisbon. Full title reads, "a. Cucurbita longa folio milliflore alba. b. Cucurbita flore luteo folio aspero, fructu albo. c. Cucurbita retortceformis, Coudcorde, Citruellen. D. Gueurbita lagenaria Americana major."

From Johann Wilhelm Weinmann's "Phytanthoza Iconographia." This beautiful work provides a nearly complete record of the flowers, fruits, and vegetables cultivated in the early 18th century and are among the earliest examples of single-plate color printing. This print is one of the few large folding plates in the collection. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Other Fruits and Vegetables

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