JJ Grandville Animated Flower Frame - Scabious and Marigold

SACBIEUSE AND SOUCI Hand-colored engraving from "Les Fleurs Animées de JJ Grandville" Sold with frame - Ready to use. Frame dimensions: 31.5 cm X 38.5 cm It can be combined with 2 other frames from the same series, with the same dimensions: "Flèche d'Eau" as well as "Hortensia Couronne Impériale" to form a beautiful setting. This beautiful antique engraving is from Les Fleurs Animées (The Personified Flowers), a very famous work by the 19th-century French artist JJ Grandville. First published in 1867, this series became famous for its whimsical and imaginative illustrations, where flowers are beautifully personified as elegant figures, each embodying the character and charm of its botanical counterpart.