Jan Jonston – Marine Fishes and Flying Fish – Engraving (17th Century)

"Marine Fishes and Flying Fish" presents a natural history study illustrating an arrangement of diverse saltwater species, including needlefish, flying fish, seabream, and spiny-finned marine specimens. The composition exemplifies seventeenth-century European zoological printmaking created to document aquatic biodiversity and taxonomy for comprehensive natural history encyclopedias. Jan Jonston was a prominent Polish-born physician, natural historian, and scholar celebrated for publishing influential, extensively illustrated seventeenth-century compendiums documenting the animal kingdom. Artist or Maker: Jan Jonston. Dimensions: Approximately 32 cm x 22 cm. Medium: Engraving. Date: 17th Century.

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