The Green Florilegium

Synopsis

Very Little Is Known About The Green Florilegium. Neither Signed Nor Dated, It Is Generally Attributed To The German Painter Hans Simon Holtzbecker And Originates From The Library At Gottorp 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 Illustrations To Come To New Life In Their Original Colors. This Beautiful Volume Reproduces The Original Work Of 400 Botanical Illustrations On 178 Plates. It Also Includes An Introductory Essay And Captions With Basic Information On Each Flower. Published For The First Time, This Lovely Book Is A Must-have For Lovers Of Botanical Illustration And A Sublime Example Of The Art Of Conservation--publisher's Website. With An Essay By/mit Einem Essay Von Hanne Kolind Poulsen ; [translation From Danish Into German: Hanne Hammer ; Translation From Danish Into English: Rene Lauritsen ; Conversion Of The Latin Nomenclature Into German And English: Maria Gurlitt, Christoph Gurlitt]. The Green Florilegium Is Housed At The Royal Collection Of Graphic Art At The Statens Museum For Kunst In Copenhagen (the National Gallery Of Denmark).... It Was Created In The Mid-seventeenth Century By Hans Simon Holtzbecker, A Flower Painter From Hamburg, Who Produced Several Florilegia Of This Kind. We Do Not Know The Exact Date Of Its Production, Nor Can We Be Certain Who Commissioned It--p. 15. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English And German.