THE GREEN FLORILEGIUM (DEUTCH/ENGLISH)

Very little is known about The Green Florilegium. Neither signed nor dated, it is generally attributed to the German painter Hans Si mon Holtzbecker and originates from the library at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, on the border of Germany and Denmark. The album now resides at the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen.Recently the book was painstakingly restored, allowing the delicate illustrati ons to come to new life in their original colors.This beautiful and affordable volume reproduces the original work of 400 botanical illustrati...[Llegir més]