Citrus (Cedar Flower): An Early 18th C. Volckamer Hand-colored Engraving
This is an early 18th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of the anatomy of a Cedar Flower citrus fruit by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Cedro di fiore e Sugo doppia (Citrus), Auf der Schutt", Pl. 118a" from his publication "Nurmbergische Hesperides", first published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1708. It depicts a Cedar Flower citrus fruit above a scene of a village. Inhabitants are seeing working, playing and riding horses in the foreground, along with two dogs.
Creator: Johann Christoph Volkhamer (1644 - 1720, German)
Creation Year: 1708
Dimensions: Height: 14 in (35.56 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 a Cedar Flower citrus fruit by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Cedro di fiore e Sugo doppia (Citrus), Auf der Schutt", Pl. 118a" from his publication "Nurmbergische Hesperides", first published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1708. It depicts a Cedar Flower citrus fruit above a scene of a village. Inhabitants are seeing working, playing and riding horses in the foreground, along with two dogs.
Creator: Johann Christoph Volkhamer (1644 - 1720, German)
Creation Year: 1708
Dimensions: Height: 14 in (35.56 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 a Cedar Flower citrus fruit by Johann Christoph Volkhamer, entitled "Cedro di fiore e Sugo doppia (Citrus), Auf der Schutt", Pl. 118a" from his publication "Nurmbergische Hesperides", first published in Nuremberg, Germany in 1708. It depicts a Cedar Flower citrus fruit above a scene of a village. Inhabitants are seeing working, playing and riding horses in the foreground, along with two dogs.
Creator: Johann Christoph Volkhamer (1644 - 1720, German)
Creation Year: 1708
Dimensions: Height: 14 in (35.56 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 14" high and 8.75" wide. There is a small spot at the edge of the lower margin. It is otherwise 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. These 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.
