Georg Dionysus Ehret | A pair of drawings of passion flowers

Georg Dionysus Ehret (1708-1770)

A pair of drawings of passion flowers

Watercolour and bodycolour on paper; one captioned and signed Passiflora laurifolia / G.D. Ehret Pinxit, the other captioned Passiflora vespertilio

535 x 360mm.and 490 x 330mm.

A set of two truly exquisite drawings by George Ehret (1708-1770), indubitably one of the most well-respected and sought after flower painters of the eighteenth century. Ehret worked for a number of noteworthy naturalists including Linnaeus, Catesby and Philip Miller.