# Moller Florilegium: Title page

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HOLTZBECKER, Johannes Simon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holtzbecker-johannes-simon-r777db6e8d2b859>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Gouache on parchment, 120 x 95 mm

## Commentary

Holtzbecker&#39;s four florigelia, testimonies of outstanding artistic talent, exact observation and astounding diligence, are an important source for the history of floral painting and garden art, as well as historical botany and the introduction of ornamental plants in Germany. The Moller Florigelium was painted for Barthold Moller, member of the Moller family, a leading family of Hamburg, among whom were counted businessmen, diplomats, and city councilors.

## Related artworks

- [Gottorf Codex: Flower Garland](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holtzbecker-johannes-simon-r777db6e8d2b859/gottorf-codex-flower-garland-r7278be7d4d1f85>)
- [Gottorf Codex: Iris latifolia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holtzbecker-johannes-simon-r777db6e8d2b859/gottorf-codex-iris-latifolia-r9907152a30f9dd>)
- [Gottorf Codex: Tulipa gesneriana](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holtzbecker-johannes-simon-r777db6e8d2b859/gottorf-codex-tulipa-gesneriana-r8eeeff7ac61313>)
- [Moller Florilegium](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holtzbecker-johannes-simon-r777db6e8d2b859/moller-florilegium-re17f4ea31e35f8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)