The period between 1740 and 1840 saw a momentous surge in the development of botanical illustration. This timeframe is also considered to be the heyday of floral painting in Vienna. The Codex Liechtenstein, a 14-volume illuminated manuscript collection containing illustrations by Ferdinand Lukas Bauer, Franz Andreas Bauer and others, including their brother Joseph Anton, was produced between 1776 and 1805.
Detail from “Lilium chalcedonicum L.”, before 1788
© LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz-Vienna
