GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRARI Lemon Engraving Artwork

GIOVANNI BATTISTA FERRARI Lemon hand colored Engraving, inscription reads ‘Limon ponzinvs in Hprtis Matth Aeiorvm 295’, subject a lemon, measures 22 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches, wooden frame painted black and gold, some scratches to frame but overall in good condition, professionally framed and double matted in blue, not examined out of frame, Giovanni Baptista (also Battista) Ferrari (1584 in Siena – 1 February 1655 in Siena), was an Italian Jesuit and professor in Rome, a botanist, and an author of illustrated botanical books and a Syriac-Latin dictionary - Wiki Giovanni battista ferrari, Apple, orange, fruit, botanical drawing, engraving, artwork, wall art, home decor. 11