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Reddish Balsam Apple (Rother Balsam Apfel)(Pl. B. 3 from G. W. Knorr, "Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis", Nuremberg, 1780)
Reddish Balsam Apple (Momor dicapomis angulatis, tuberculatis, foliis glabris patenti patinatis. Lin. H. C.)
Reddish Balsam Apple (Rother Balsam Apfel)(Pl. B. 3 from G. W. Knorr, "Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis", Nuremberg, 1780)
Georg Wolfgang Knorr (German, 1705–1761)
1750–72
Place of Publication: Nuremberg
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored etching and engraving
Dimensions
Platemark: 30.6 x 19.6 cm (12 1/16 x 7 11/16 in.)
Sheet: 32.2 x 26.7 cm (12 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 32.2 x 26.7 cm (12 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of George P. Dike—Elita R. Dike Collection
Accession Number69.229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Dunthorne 172; Nissen 1081
DescriptionPlate B 3 from "Thesaurus Rei Herbariae Hortensisque Universalis", 2 vols. Nuremberg, 1750-72
ProvenanceElita R. Dike, Brookline; to her spouse George P. Dike, Brookline; bequest to MFA May 14, 1969