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6 images from works
  • Citron (Citrus medica L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured aquatint by G. Geri, c.1825, after D. Serantoni.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.
  • Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.
  • Two men in the garden of Cardinal Carlo Pio di Savoia admiring a pergola on which citron fruits are growing. Engraving by C. Cungi after F. Gagliardi, 16--.
  • Animals and plants from the East Indies, including chinese citron or natsumikan, jak fruit, nam-nam tree, bilimbi tree, betel nuts and filander. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

Works from the collections

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    Citron (Citrus medica): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.

    Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814. | Date: 9 October 1800 | Reference: 25392i
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    Animals and plants from the East Indies, including chinese citron or natsumikan, jak fruit, nam-nam tree, bilimbi tree, betel nuts and filander. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

    Cornelis de Bruijn | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20196i
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    Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

    Jacob van Huysum | Date: [1741] | Reference: 25311i
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    Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

    Cornelis de Bruijn | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20245i
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    Two men in the garden of Cardinal Carlo Pio di Savoia admiring a pergola on which citron fruits are growing. Engraving by C. Cungi after F. Gagliardi, 16--.

    Gagliardi, Filippo, -1659. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699] | Reference: 567614i
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Related topics

Rutaceae
Tropical fruit
Citrus
Fruit trees
Plants, Edible
Tropical plants
Botany
Fruit
Plants, Cultivated

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