Pompelmus (Grapefruit): An Early 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Volckamer 1708
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of grapefruit by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Pompelmus (Grapefruit), Der Herra Sitz und Burgstal Gibzenhoff", Plate 182a from his publication "Nurmbergische Hesperides", first published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1708. It depicts a grapefruit above a scene of a walled village, with a forest in the background.
Creator: Johann Christoph Volkhamer (1644 - 1720, German)
Creation Year: 1708
Dimensions: Height: 13.88 in (35.26 cm)
Width: 8.88 in (22.56 cm)
Medium: Engraving
Condition: See description below.
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of grapefruit by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Pompelmus (Grapefruit), Der Herra Sitz und Burgstal Gibzenhoff", Plate 182a from his publication "Nurmbergische Hesperides", first published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1708. It depicts a grapefruit above a scene of a walled village, with a forest in the background.
Creator: Johann Christoph Volkhamer (1644 - 1720, German)
Creation Year: 1708
Dimensions: Height: 13.88 in (35.26 cm)
Width: 8.88 in (22.56 cm)
Medium: Engraving
Condition: See description below.
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of grapefruit by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Pompelmus (Grapefruit), Der Herra Sitz und Burgstal Gibzenhoff", Plate 182a from his publication "Nurmbergische Hesperides", first published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1708. It depicts a grapefruit above a scene of a walled village, with a forest in the background.
Creator: Johann Christoph Volkhamer (1644 - 1720, German)
Creation Year: 1708
Dimensions: Height: 13.88 in (35.26 cm)
Width: 8.88 in (22.56 cm)
Medium: Engraving
Condition: See description below.
This beautifully hand-colored Volckamer engraving is printed on hand-made 18th century laid chain-linked paper with a watermark, measuring 13.88" high and 8.88" wide. The engraving is in excellent condition.
Johann Christoph Volkhamer (1644-1720) was a German merchant, manufacturer and botanist. His illustrations of citrus fruit reflected the popularity of including new varieties of fruit available to European gardeners, as they were began to be imported from other portions of the world. The engravings are prized by collectors for their of displays of fruit flying in the sky above beautiful landscape scenes depicting towns or palaces and estates in Germany, Austria and Italy.
