Simulacrum Scenographicum Celeberrimi Horti Itzsteinensis
Album
ca. 1654-1672 (made)
ca. 1654-1672 (made)
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This and the companion volume (9175) comprise a florilegium (flower book) illustrating the plants collected by Count Johann of Nassau-Idstein for the gardens at his castle in Idstein (Germany) in the 1650s. The album also includes views of the garden, and some of the buildings within it. The paintings (subsequently bound into 2 volumes) were made by Johann Walter who visited the gardens at least eight times between 1651 and 1672. The plants included established garden favourites such as pinks and columbines, as well as more exotic species, and other plants, such as the Marvel of Peru, newly introduced to Europe from the Americas.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and gouache on vellum |
| Brief description | Simulacrum Scenographicum Celeberrimi Horti Itzsteinensis, album of watercolours of flowering plants, fruits etc., Johann Jakob Walter, about 1654-1672 |
| Physical description | Album of watercolours of flowering plants, fruits etc. Also an illustration of the garden. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Simulacrum scenographicorum celeberrimi horti itzsteniensis quem fieri fecit illustrissimus comes ac dominus, dominus Johannes Comes Nassovia et Sarapontis etc.
Populus Alcida, Platanus gratissima Xerci,
Regibus Alcinoo et Cyro amor hortus erat.
Tantorum Heroum Comes aemulus ecce Johannes
Pomonam et Floram Nassoviensis amat. (Inscribed in brown ink on top and bottom)
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| Summary | This and the companion volume (9175) comprise a florilegium (flower book) illustrating the plants collected by Count Johann of Nassau-Idstein for the gardens at his castle in Idstein (Germany) in the 1650s. The album also includes views of the garden, and some of the buildings within it. The paintings (subsequently bound into 2 volumes) were made by Johann Walter who visited the gardens at least eight times between 1651 and 1672. The plants included established garden favourites such as pinks and columbines, as well as more exotic species, and other plants, such as the Marvel of Peru, newly introduced to Europe from the Americas. |
| Associated object | 9175 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | Christel Lentz and Martina Nath-Esser, Derschlossgartenzu Idstein (Wernersche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1990) |
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| Accession number | 9174 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2004 |
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