The Art of Discovery Part 3
Wed, Jan 22, 2025 10:00AM EST
Lot 33
Tulipa, Hortus Eystettensis, Plate 70
Estimate: $400 - $600
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A Hand Colored Copper Engraving from Hortus Eystettensis by Basilius Besler (German, 1561 - 1629).
Folio sheet of unwatermarked laid paper with Latin text visible on verso. Pencil initial top left.
Double matted & gilt framed.
Mat opening: H: 18 x W: 14 1/2 in.
H: 25 1/4 W: 20 5/8 in.
Basilius Besler, Hortus Eystettensis [The Garden of Eichstätt]
Published Nuremberg: 1613 (1st ed.), 1640 (2nd ed.), 1713 [- c. 1750] (3rd ed.). This was the first great European folio of botanical prints commissioned by Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (c. 1561-1612), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, to chronicle his garden through the four seasons, with most of the plants depicted actual size. This garden, which encircled the Episcopal residence, was one of the first of its kind, an inclusive display of shrubs
and flowering plants, mostly European, but with some then exotic species from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Basil Besler, a pharmacist and botanist, was retained as an artist to record the glories of the garden. Besler worked over a 16-year period, on site or from specimens. A team of at least six engravers faithfully translated Besler’s drawings to copperplates.
Water staining top right & lower left. All lots have imperfections or the effects of aging. Gray's Auctioneers shall have no responsibility for any errors or omissions.
Folio sheet of unwatermarked laid paper with Latin text visible on verso. Pencil initial top left.
Double matted & gilt framed.
Mat opening: H: 18 x W: 14 1/2 in.
H: 25 1/4 W: 20 5/8 in.
Basilius Besler, Hortus Eystettensis [The Garden of Eichstätt]
Published Nuremberg: 1613 (1st ed.), 1640 (2nd ed.), 1713 [- c. 1750] (3rd ed.). This was the first great European folio of botanical prints commissioned by Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (c. 1561-1612), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, to chronicle his garden through the four seasons, with most of the plants depicted actual size. This garden, which encircled the Episcopal residence, was one of the first of its kind, an inclusive display of shrubs
and flowering plants, mostly European, but with some then exotic species from Asia, Africa and the Americas. Basil Besler, a pharmacist and botanist, was retained as an artist to record the glories of the garden. Besler worked over a 16-year period, on site or from specimens. A team of at least six engravers faithfully translated Besler’s drawings to copperplates.
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