The Triumph of Nature Over Art (design for an engraving of 'De Florum Cultura'), ca. 1633, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over black chalk, 7 13/16 x 5 11/16in. (19.9 x 14.5cm), Drawings, Pietro da Cortona (Pietro Berrettini) (Italian, Cortona 1596–1669 Rome), This drawing by the Baroque master Pietro da Cortona is a design for one of the illustrations in a treatise on gardening written by the Jesuit professor, Giovanni Battista Ferrari (1584-1655). The book, titled 'De Florum Cultura' (Rome, 1633), published this design engraved in reverse by Johann Friedrich Greuter (1590-1662)
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Triumph, Nature, Art, design, engraving, De Florum Cultura, ca, 1633, Pen, brown ink, brush, wash, black chalk, 7 13/16 x 5 11/16in, 19.9 14.5cm, Drawings, Pietro da Cortona, Berrettini, Italian, Cortona, 1596–1669, Rome, drawing, Baroque master, Pietro, da, illustrations, treatise, gardening written, Jesuit professor, Giovanni Battista, Ferrari, 1584-1655, book, titled, Florum, Cultura, published, design engraved, reverse, Johann Friedrich, Greuter, 1590-1662
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