Consolida purpurea, flore pleno (Purple larkspur, double-flowered),
ca. 1620–1660
German
2024-323
Information
Title
Consolida purpurea, flore pleno (Purple larkspur, double-flowered)
Dates
ca. 1620–1660
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
31.3 × 20.2 cm (12 5/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel Shatz and family
Object Number
2024-323
Place Made
Europe, Germany, Zittau
Inscription
in ink, upper right: Fol. 73
in ink, upper left: Consolida purpurea Regalis | flore pleno.
Type
Materials
Possibly H.H. [identity unknown, seventeenth century], in 1665. Heinrich Göttig from Flensburg [1786–1863]. Antiquariaat Junk, Amsterdam, by 2018. Bruce Marshall Rare Books, Gotherington, from at least May 2020 until at least April 2023; purchased by Arader Galleries, New York, 2023; purchased by Daniel Shatz, October 2023; gifted to Princeton University Art Museum, 2024.
Botanical watercolor