JOHANN DE BRY Lily Hand Colored Engraving, possible antique, inscriptions to piece in Latin, labels to reverse read ‘Original Botanical Engraving Over 300 years old, c 1678’, ‘AI Friedman’, subject pink and yellow flowers, measures 22 x 16 inches, black and gilt wooden frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed and double matted in white, stains and aging to paper, not examined out of frame, Johann Theodor de Bry (1528 – 1598) was an engraver, goldsmith, publisher and editor, eldest son and most prolific member of a notable family of printmaker-publishers. The de Brys lived in Frankfurt, then a center for the production and sale of illustrated books - Fine Antique Prints Johann THEODOR de BRY, engraving, artwork, botanical illustration, botanical print, print, art print, antique, wall art, home decor. 11