Bilder Johannes Jonston (1603-1675) – Birds of Prey and Cuckoos – Copper engraving (1650)

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"Tinunculus, Cuculus, Baumfalck, Dendrofalcus, Aesalonus, Lanius Minor, Lanius Warkengel". This work presents a collection of birds including various falcons, cuckoos, and shrikes perched on branches. This copper engraving is taken from the ornithological volume of the encyclopedia Historiae Naturalis de Avibus Libri VI, published by Matthäus Merian in Frankfurt in 1650. The print is a significant example of early modern natural history illustration, intended to provide a systematic visual record of avian species for seventeenth-century scholars.

Johannes Jonston was a Polish physician, naturalist, and polymath of Scottish descent who authored influential works on zoology. He received his education at several prestigious European universities and spent much of his life traveling and documenting the natural world. His most significant contribution, Historiae Naturalis, became a fundamental reference text across Europe for over a century due to its breadth of information. Jonston is distinguished for his methodical classification of the animal kingdom based on both literary research and contemporary visual records.

Artist or Maker:
Johannes Jonston.

Dimensions:
Approximately 34 cm x 21 cm.

Medium:
Copper engraving.

Date:
1650.

Condition Report:
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