Antique print Leonilla turns into an orange tree by Cornelis Bloemaert

Cornelis Bloemaert (1603-1692), after Domenichino (1581-1641)

Antique print, engraving I Leonilla turns into an orange tree, published 1646, 1 p.

Name: Antique print, engraving I Leonilla turns into an orange tree, published 1646, 1 p.
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Leonilla, Harmonillus’ sister, hears that her mother and brother have turned into lemon trees and immediately returns from hunting. She sees her mother’s tree and, because she has golden hair, turns herself into an orange tree. This print is an illustration for the introduction to G.B. Ferraris book on citrus fruits. Through mythological stories invented by himself, the author tries to explain the origins of the different lemon varieties.

Signed on the bottom of the plinth of the statue at center: Domini[cus] Zamper del / Corn Bloemaert sculp.

Used as plate in Giovan Battista Ferrari’s: Hesperides Sive de Malorum Aureorum Cultura et Usu Libri Quatuor, published in Rome in 1646.

The print is mounted on another sheet of laid paper with a wrong title written beneath in pen and brown ink: Apollon en Daphné.

[NL] Leonilla, de zus van Harmonillus, hoort dat haar moeder en broer in citroenbomen zijn verandert en keert onmiddellijk terug van de jacht. Ze ziet de boom van haar moeder en verandert zelf, omdat ze gulden haar heeft, in een sinaasappelboom. Deze prent is een illustratie voor de inleiding van G.B. Ferraris boek over citrusvruchten. Door zelf verzonnen mythologische verhalen probeert de auteur de oorsprong van de verschillende citroensoorten te verklaren. Gemaakt door Cornelis Bloemaert.

SKU: K80024

Engraving on laid paper, trimmed within plate mark, pasted on another sheet of laid paper, with line frames drawn in pen and ink; total (print): 300 x 205 mm, total (support): 481 x 347 mm; mounted in paper passepartout. Despite the traces of handling, in good condition. Hollstein 74, Le Blanc 74.

€ 121,00 (€ 100,00 ex. btw)

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