Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708-1770
Study of Blossoming Myrtle
19 7/16 x 14 3/8 inches (493 x 365 mm)
Watercolor and opaque watercolor, over graphite, on paper.
1998.16
Gift of Charles Ryskamp in memory of Bernice Davidson.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center in pen and black ink, "MYRTUS; foliis odore Nucis Mofchatae [ligature], cauliculis rubentibus / vulgo odore Citri. Schuyl. Boerh. Ind."; signed at lower right in pen and black ink, "G. D. Ehret. P."
Associated names
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Catalog link
Department