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Nurnbergische Hesperides: No. 125 - Limon Ponzino da Neapoli. Palazzo del N. H. Cornaro à Fiesso

c. 1708

Joseph de Montalegre

(Hungarian)
published by

Johoann Christoph Volckamer

(German)
Culture
Hungary
Medium
engraving, hand-colored
Credit Line
Gift of Kennedy & Company, NY, for The Donald Gray Memorial Collection 1946.178
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The title of this set refers to Hercules, a mythological figure who must complete a series of difficult tasks. One of these was procuring the golden apples of the Hesperides, the nymphs who guarded this precious fruit. Hesperides also refers to books on citrus fruit, as it was once thought that the golden apples were actually Spanish oranges.
A vertically oriented hand-colored engraving depicts a large yellow lemon and its cross-section floating above an architectural scene. At the upper center, a pink banner reads "Limon Ponzino da Neapoli." In the foregrounded "Palazzo del N.H. Cornaro à Fiesso," figures with light skin tones work in a symmetrical garden. Framed by a black border on cream paper, the composition juxtaposes botanical specimens with a detailed palace and grounds.

Nurnbergische Hesperides: No. 125 - Limon Ponzino da Neapoli. Palazzo del N. H. Cornaro à Fiesso

c. 1708

Joseph de Montalegre, Johoann Christoph Volckamer

(Hungarian), (German)
Hungary

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