Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1634 - 1699)

ANEMONES, TUBEROSES AND OTHER FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE IN A VASE. Robert-Dumesnil 7ii, Dunthorne p. 24. From Arrangements in Glass Vases, a series of eight etchings, with the borderline, engraved signature, and Poilly’s address. Etching in the style of engraving, 298 x 228 mm (11 7/8 x 9 1/16”) plus narrow margins. A fine impression of this rare print. Small flaws.

Baptiste Monnoyer le vieux, as he was known, was a brilliant painter of flowers and fruit and an etcher who made a number of plates of vases of flowers. His work decorated the principal royal palaces in France, and after his move to England in 1685 he worked for Queen Mary II and for Queen Anne.

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