Lapathum Unctuosum (Butter Dock) Plate 191, Folio 690

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• ARTIST: Abraham Munting

• PUBLISHER: Published in Amsterdam & Leyden.

• MEDIUM: Engraving,

  DATE: 1702

• EDITION SIZE: Average paper size 15 1/4 x 10" (388 x 250 mm).

• DESCRIPTION: Commonly known as Butter Dock, the illustration of Lapathum Unctuosum (Plate 191) comes from the 1702 edition of Abraham Munting’s Phytographia Curiosa, a work that remains one of the most stylistically eccentric entries in the history of botanical art. Munting, a Dutch physician and botanist who oversaw the botanical garden at Groningen, presented his specimens through a surreal, Baroque lens. Here, plants appear as towering giants dwarfing the tiny, idyllic landscapes of ruins, villas, and pastoral hillsides beneath and behind them. This specific plant, a variety of dock characterized by its large, broad foliage and somewhat oily or "unctuous" leaf texture, is rendered with a heavy emphasis on its structural geometry, reflecting the 18th-century fascination with exotic and medicinal flora that could survive the journey to European "curiosity" gardens.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 11 x 16.5 inch archival mylar for handling.

• CONDITION: Good condition.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Natural History - Botanicals , Other Plants