Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Amaryllis belladonna (Belladonna Lily)

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Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)
Amaryllis belladonna (Belladonna Lily)
signed 'G.D.Ehret.' (lower right) and inscribed and numbered 'Amaryllis belladonna Lilio-Narcissus Americanus, Belladonna dictus-Par.Bat./8' (lower centre)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with touches of white, framed
16¾ x 12¼ in. (42.5 x 31.1 cm.)

Lot Essay

A hand-coloured engraving of the Belladonna Lily, after a similar drawing by Ehret, circa 1750, is illustrated in G. Calmann, Ehret: Flower Painter Extraordinary, London, 1977, pl. 27, illustrated in colour.

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