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De Florum Cultura

Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), and others

De Florum Cultura

1627-1637

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De Florum Cultura

Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), and others

De Florum Cultura

De Florum Cultura

1627-1637

Physical Qualities Engraving, Sheet: 230 x 164 mm. (9 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.) Plate: 199 x 145 mm. (7 13/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.2038
Greuter engraved seven allegorical plates after da Cortona, Lanfranco, Sacchi, and Guido Reni, representing episodes from the legend of Flora; the book was first published by Stefano Paulino in Rome in 1633 in Latin and Italian editions, with an Italian edition published in 1638. Six plates from the series are in the Garrett Collection (1945.112.2037 - 1946.112.2042).

Inscribed: Recto: in image, lower right, in plate "P. Cort. delin. F. Gr. incid."

Markings: CM: Claghorn, Garrett

Artist

Johann Friedrich Greuter

1589–1661

German, active in Italy,1590/93-1662,
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Artist

Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini)

1595–1668

Italian, 1596-1669
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Publisher

Stefano Paulino

1629–1629

Italian, active 1630s
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PRINTS, DRAWINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
GIROLAMO TETI PRESENTING A COPY OF HIS BOOK TO POPE URBAN VIII
Johann Friedrich Greuter and Andrea Camassei
Girolamo Teti Presenting a Copy of His Book to Pope Urban VIII
1641–1651
HORTICULTURAL FATE
George Cruikshank
Horticultural Fate
1844
JUPITER AND THE OLYMPIAN GODS BANQUETTING
Johann Friedrich Greuter, Giovanni Lanfranco, and others
Jupiter and the Olympian Gods Banquetting
1627–1637
THE FLAG OF THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
Mel Chin, Vinalhaven Press, and others
The Flag of the Agricultural Revolution
1995
METAMORPHOSIS
Johann Friedrich Greuter, Andrea Sacchi, and others
Flora Attended by the Seasons, Changing Limax and Bruchus into Animals
1627–1637
CHILDREN OF MIGRANT AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN CALIFORNIA
Dorothea Lange
Children of Migrant Agricultural Workers in California
1936
FLORA STUNG BY A BEE
Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), and others
Flora Stung by a Bee
1627–1637
SAQQARA, TOMB OF TI, EAST WALL (AGRICULTURAL SCENE), 5TH DYNASTY
G. Lekegian & Company
Saqqara, Tomb of Ti, East Wall (Agricultural Scene), 5th Dynasty
1800–1899
FLORA (TITLE PAGE)
Johann Friedrich Greuter, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini), and others
Flora (title page)
1627–1637