Framed Besler’s Indian Fig

Framed reproduction of Basilius Besler’s 1600s, “Indian Fig” Condition: Good with some staining, chips, and scratches on the frame.

This work comes from Besler’s, ‘Hortus Eystettensis’ (Garden of Eichst’tt), and is man’s earliest documentation of a specific garden and over 1,000 varieties of flowers were depicted in 367 exquisitely engraved and colored plates. In the early 1600s, the Prince Bishop of Eichst’tt in Germany created what was probably the first comprehensive botanical garden devoted to flowering plants. Many of the exotic flowers were imported from the Americas and the Ottoman Empire. Besler documented this vast garden, depicting each plant as it bloomed throughout the four seasons. The Hortus Eystettensis is exceptional for many reasons, but mostly for the stunning flowers portrayed.

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