{"id":26949,"date":"2025-03-01T15:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiek\/niet-gecategoriseerd\/tulpen-vlinder-rups-paul-theodor-van-brussel-1794\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:37:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:37:50","slug":"tulips-butterfly-caterpillar-paul-theodor-van-brussel-1794","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/inter-antiquariaat.nl\/en\/antiques\/miscellaneous\/botanical-prints-and-drawings\/tulips-butterfly-caterpillar-paul-theodor-van-brussel-1794\/","title":{"rendered":"Two tulips &#8211; Hendrik Leffert Meyling after Paul Theodor van Brussel, 1794"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Two tulips with butterfly and caterpillar <\/strong>\u2013 \u201c<strong><em>Sans pareille<\/em><\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong><em>Princes van Assturien<\/em><\/strong>\u201d (plate XLIII). Copper engraving by <a href=\"https:\/\/rkd.nl\/artists\/92159\"><strong>Hendrik Leffert Meyling<\/strong><\/a> after a drawing by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Theodor_van_Brussel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Theodor van Brussel<\/a> <\/strong>(1754-1795), published in 1794 by <strong>Jan Barend Elwe<\/strong> as part of his &#8220;<em>Nederlandsch Bloemwerk<\/em>&#8220;. With original hand colouring. Size (plate mark): 20,5 x 15,5 cm.<\/p>\n<p>The breeding and distribution of tulips, hyacinths and auriculas was the most lucrative area of horticulture during much of the eighteenth century, and by the closing decades the Dutch were the acknowledged leaders in this field. The &#8220;<em>Nederlandsch Bloemwerk<\/em>&#8221; work was produced as a sampler of the wide range of varieties that were available, but it also takes a backward glance at the art of the gardener and the flower-painter of a century and a half earlier. 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