G. Van Spaendendonck - Iris bleu-clair - Iris pallida - 1800

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P.F. Le Grand
Iris bleu-clair - Iris pallida

Possibly Paris around 1800.
49x33.5cm

colored representation of the iris.

Faded, with tears at the edges and browned, tear on the right (approx. 6 cm).

Nissen : "Copies are occasionally found either hand-coloured or printed in color and retouched with watercolour. . . the watercolor serves in fact to cloak the delicacy of the stipple-work. In their black-and-white state, these prints may well claim to be the finest flower-engravings ever made" (Great Flower Books). 67546629 Read more