Floating lemon and half. Limon della costa grosso.
$18.00
Volckamer Lemon. Citrus Fruit with Half, by Volckamer. One of a set of four brightly-coloured prints of fruit with ribbons.
Reproduction from a hand-coloured copperplate engraving of citrus fruit with ribbon, floating above a regional landscape for Nurnbergische Hesperides, published in Nuremberg between 1708 and 1714 by Johann Christoph Volckamer (1644-1720). An unusual and spectacular image illustrating the citrus fruit floating above a European estate in the region where it was cultivated.
Approximate size of this print is 32 x 20cm (12.5 x 8 inches)
