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#gardensinpainting...
Iris garden, Horikiri
Mortimer L. Menpes (1855–1938)
From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901

Giardino di iris, Horikiri

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#Villa Emo, Fanzolo
Andrea Palladio c. 1559
the story of this villa begins with the cultivation of corn just discovered in America and introduced in Europe from Spain
the long ramp at the entrance was used for agricultural activities and inside the villa frescoes celebrate corn

Styrax japonicus
Flora Japonica, Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, 1870 and in the garden

#still life Margherita Caffi (1650-1710) Italian painter with a preference for tulips, roses, peonies and carnations, for lively colours against dark background. She painted her elegant compositions on silk, canvas and vellum. Already expensive at the time

da: 'The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden', 1841
Alla
Signora Lawrence,
di Ealing Park, Middlesex,
come zelante mecenate della floricultura,
eccellente botanica,
e, soprattutto,
come una delle prime donne giardiniere dei nostri giorni
questo lavoro
e' dedicato ....

A life in book dedications: Jane Webb Loudon (1807-1858)
from: 'The Ladies' Companion to the Flower Garden', 1841
dedicated to Mrs. Lawrence, Louisa Lawrence (1803–1855), famous gardener and horticulturalist, at Ealing Park, Middlesex and her friend

#caravaggio, #autumn fruit, https://t.co/dbcBnPwH2l