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print
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album
Object Type
print
album
Museum number
1871,1209.5131
Title
Series:
Opus Typochromaticum
Description
Rose (Winterrose) with snail with house climbing up, two flower head and one caterpillar; left flower is cut off Engraving printed à la poupée in dark brown, green and red ink
Producer name
Published by:
Johannes Teyler
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1688-1700
(c.)
Materials
paper
Technique
engraving
colour
Dimensions
Height:
395 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
235 millimetres
(trimmed)
Curator's comments
Other impressions are in Dresden (strongly cut) and Amsterdam (with additional flowers in top corners). The flowers in the top corners seem to have been masked during printing of the present sheet.
Bibliographic references
New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700
(348)
(Johannes Teyler)
Haemmerle 1937 / Der Farbstich: Seine Anfaenge und seine Entwicklung bis zum Jahre MDCCLXV
(pp. 47–52, no. 129.)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
flower
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Edwin Tross
(the album no. 2139 in his 1870 catalogue)
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Frederik Muller & Co
(18-20.iv.1868/1085 (fl.200))
Acquisition date
1871
Acquisition notes
The reference to the Tross catalogue was provided by Ad Stijnman (email 30/1/16)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1871,1209.5131