Daniel Rabel – Theatrum Florae – Three Tulips
Paris circa 1625
1578 - 3 January 1637
Daniel Rabel was a man of many talents. First employed as a portraitist by Marie de Medicis, he also designed sets and costumes for the ballet and served as Engineer in Ordinary for the King for the provinces of Brie and Champagne.
“Theatrum Florae” was a collection of botanical illustrations of 69 of the most striking plants then known which Gaston of Orléans. commissioned Daniel Rabel to paint. Other artists later contributed to the work, including Nicolas Robert (1614-1685).
Tulips pl. 11
Rare original hand-colored copper engraving from the botanical book “Theatrum Florae” published in Paris circa 1625.
Daniel Rabel was a man of many talents. First employed as a portraitist by Marie de Medicis, he also designed sets and costumes for the ballet and served as Engineer in Ordinary for the King for the provinces of Brie and Champagne.
(Tulipa flore sub faluo albescente vum flammu lis et punctis confuse mixtis purpureis, Tulipa flore pupureo diluto cum flammis sulphureis, Tulipa macedonica foliss ore sub flauo albescente circondatis flore vero pupureo cum flammis sub albidis…)
Dimensions: 360 x 260 mm
