JOHANN DE BRY 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 red and blue flowers, measures 22 x 16 inches, black and gilt wooden frame, surface wear to frame, professionally framed and double matted in white, 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