Flora Martagon (Martagon lily)
Flora Martagon (Martagon lily)

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Flora Martagon (Martagon lily),

ca. 1620–1660

German
2024-320

Information

Title
Flora Martagon (Martagon lily)
Dates

ca. 1620–1660

Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
31.3 × 20.3 cm (12 5/16 × 8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Daniel Shatz and family
Object Number
2024-320
Place Made

Europe, Germany, Zittau

Inscription
in ink, upper right: Fol. 70 in ink, upper left: Fl. Martagon flore miniats
Culture
German, European
Type
watercolors, drawings
Materials
laid paper, watercolors
Subject
plants, flowers, flora

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

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