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Granadilla; Pentaphyllos Flore caeruleo magno

(German, 1708–1770)
mid-18th century
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on laid paper
Dimensions54.29 x 37.78 cm (21 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit LineJessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession number1988.520
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsIn leaf of fruit at left; "Ehret P"; l. r. in pen: "J. Van Huysum".
ProvenanceMrs. Sigmund J. Katz, New Orleans; acquired by bequest November 1988
Thorny-Leaved Bromelia (Bromelia foliis aculeatis)
Georg Dionysus Ehret
published 1750–73
Papaya (Fructu oblongo melonis effigie)
Georg Dionysus Ehret
published 1750–73