Antique Print-GARLAND-FLOWER-FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS-ROSE-PL. 5-Merz-1720

a garland of flowers including Fritillaria meleagris, roses, tulips, convolvulus and others.

Made by Ioh. Georg Merz after own design.

Medium: Etching with original hand colouring on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 23.2 x 36.8 cm (9.13 x 14.49 inch). Image size: 21 x 31 cm. (8.27 x 12.2 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Browning of the paper edges. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

GARLAND-FLOWER-FRITILLARIA MELEAGRIS-ROSE-PL. 5 | DPO-PCO-1-122

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Exact source unknown, published ca. 1720 (estimate).

Biography engraver: Johann Georg Merz (1694-1762) was a German designer and print publisher who worked in Augsburg.