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I. Lady's Slipper. II. Blue Variegated Bearded Iris. III. Dark Variegated Bearded Iris. (I. Calceolus Mariae. II. Iris Portugalica. III. Iris Pannonica Variegata). Plate 6 from B. Besler, "Hortus Eystettensis", 1713 edition
1613, published 1713
Medium/Technique
Engraving, hand-colored
Dimensions
Platemark: 48.5 x 39.7 cm (19 1/8 x 15 5/8 in.)
Sheet: 57 x 45.5 cm (22 7/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 57 x 45.5 cm (22 7/16 x 17 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Fund in memory of Horatio Greenough Curtis
Accession Number1970.20
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Nissen 0158
ProvenanceBy 1969, Kennedy Galleries, New York; 1970, sold by Kennedy Galleries to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14,1970)