Gherardo Cibo (1512-1600)

Cladonia pixidata (Lichen) and Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam)

細節

Gherardo Cibo (1512-1600)
Cladonia pixidata (Lichen) and Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam)
inscribed in Italian and dated '1571'(on a sheet attached to the mount)
pencil, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour, framed
7½ x 4.5/8 in. (19 x 11.7 cm.)

來源

The De Belder Collection

出版

L. Tongiorgi Tomasi, Giardino Segreto, F.M.R., no. 70, April 1989, p. 56, illustrated.

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拍品專文

Nesselrath comments that the present watercolour is a rare example of an entirely painted illustration, without the pen and ink outline of many of his botanical studies.
The Italian inscription describes the plants in minute detail, discussing their size, shape, colour and habitat. Cladonia pixidata is also known as 'horn fungus'.