Antique Print-GARLAND-FLOWER-TULIP-POPPY-PL. 3-Merz-1720

Description

A garland of flowers including tulips, poppy, and many others.

Made by Ioh. Georg Merz after own design.

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

Sheet size: 26.8 x 39.2 cm (10.55 x 15.43 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-TULIP-POPPY-PL. 3 | DPO-PCO-1-120

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.