HERMAN BOERHAAVE

Vintage restrike 4 7/8 inch x 6 5/8 inch engraving titled BOERHAAVE.

Herman Boerhaave (1668 – 1738) was a Dutch botanist, chemist, Christian humanist, and physician of European fame. He is regarded as the founder of clinical teaching and of the modern academic hospital and is sometimes referred to as “the father of physiology”.

Engraving by Giovita Garavaglia (1790 – 1835). An Italian engraver. Initially a pupil of Pietro Anderloni, who he helped engrave the medical depictions of Antonio Scarpa. He later worked with Giuseppe Longhi in the engravings of the Erodiade by Bernardino Luino, The Holy Family by Raphael, and a Portrait of Charles. he moved to Florence to work with the lithographer Luigi Bardi, engraving the David found at the Palazzo Pitti and originally painted by Guercino; a Child Jesus by Carlo Maratta, a Jacob by Appiani, and the Madonna della seggiola. He engraved the Magdalen by Carlo Dolci, and a Madonnina by Villardi, the painting of Beatrice Cenci by Guido Reni.

After Faustino Anderloni (1766 – 1847). An Italian engraver. Brother of Pietro , who was a painter and also an engraver, Faustino Anderloni was born in Sant’Eufemia, today a district of Brescia. He distinguished himself as a refined burin engraver. He reproduced works by Guido Reni, Antonio Allegri and Perin del Vaga.

Print size 9 7/8 inch x 12 inch

The engraving is in good to very good condition with a small stain in the lower left corner, creasing in the upper right corner and slight foxing. Reverse side blank.