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Johann Wilhelm WeinmannA Flowering Cactus Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann1736
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This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Cereus Erectus Altissimo Surinamensis (Cereus Cactus Plant)". It is plate 355 in Weinmann's monumental publication "Phytanthoza Iconographia", published in Amsterdam 1736-1748. The engraving depicts the flowering Cereus cactus plant.
This engraving is printed on laid chain-linked watermarked paper measuring 15.88" x 10". There are some faint barely visible spots and a small focus of paint on the left, residual from the time of the hand-coloring. There is subtle wrinkling in the upper margin on the right. There is irregularity of the left edge of the paper, where the print had been bound in the 18th century publication. The print is otherwise in very good condition.
Johann Weinmann, was a botanist and pharmacist who directed a famous pharmacy in Regensburg, Germany. The Phytanthoza Iconographia was his masterpiece, which was a huge work in eight folio volumes, which provided one of the most comprehensive botanical references of the eighteenth century. It has been described as a "pioneering work of botanical prints” and it remains today one of the most ambitious works ever undertaken, displaying over 4,000 species.
The artist for the much of the work was the gifted and very collectible Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Born of a humble family in Heidelberg, Ehret was taught to draw by his father at an early age. As a young man, he worked as a gardener first for the Elector of Heidelburg and then the Margrave of Badaen-Durlac. He became a well respected botanist and entomologist and one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time.
- Creator:Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683 - 1741, German)
- Creation Year:1736
- Dimensions:Height: 15.88 in (40.34 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
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- Gallery Location:Alamo, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: # 33721stDibs: LU1173215504132
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) was a botanist, pharmacist and academic scholar who directed a famous pharmacy in Regensburg. The "Phytanthoza Iconographia" was his masterpiece; a huge work in eight folio volumes, which provided one of the most comprehensive botanical references of the eighteenth century. It has been described as a "pioneering work of botanical prints” and it remains today one of the most ambitious works ever undertaken, displaying over 4,000 species. The artist for much of the work was the gifted and very collectible Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Born into a humble family in Heidelberg, Germany, Ehret was taught to draw by his father at an early age. As a young man, he worked as a gardener, first for the Elector of Heidelberg and then the Margrave of Badaen-Durlac. He became a well respected botanist and entomologist and one of the most influential European botanical artists of all time.
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