ARTIST: Johan & Maria Moninckz
PUBLISHER: Published by P. and J. Blaeu, Amsterdam.
MEDIUM: Copper engraving, hand colored,
DATE: 1697-1701.
EDITION SIZE: Platemark 14 1/4 x 9" (363 x 229 mm).
DESCRIPTION: From "Horti Medici Amstelodamensis Rariorum Plantarium" by Jan and Caspar Commelin. This work was created to showcase the flora native to Dutch colonial possessions.<br><br> This engraving depicts an African aster plant, better known as a daisy. Possibly Aster bakerianus, which is native to South Africa, a colony of the Netherlands when this book was published.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition with old color.
REFERENCE: Dunthorne #81. Blunt, p. 138. Buchanan, nature into Art, p. 14, 17.
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