Floral Prints Collage Sheets
These printable collage sheets feature a collection of floral prints from the late 17th century. I love how unsurprised the tiny people in the background of some of the illustrations are to be encountering these giant plants. I can assure you that nothing grows this well in my garden.
I provided a variety of sizes from small tags to some larger vertical images, which might be nice as backgrounds. Great for use in junk journaling, art journaling, collage and other mixed media artwork.
Small Tags
These beautiful flower engravings were created by Caspar Luyken, a Dutch engraver and illustrator, active in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He is known for his illustrations of books, including works by the Dutch poet and playwright Joost van den Vondel and the German hymn-writer Paul Gerhardt. He also engraved portraits, including a famous one of the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
2.5” x 4.25” Rectangles
Luyken is also known for his engravings of plants and flowers, which were included in several botanical works of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. One of his most notable works in this field is "Theatrum Botanicum" (Botanical Theater), a two-volume set of books published in 1696 and 1697, which contains over 500 engraved plates of plants. The engravings in "Theatrum Botanicum" are considered to be very accurate and detailed, and they are still used as a reference by botanists and historians of botanical art today. Luyken also illustrated other botanical works such as "Hortus Floridus" of 1696, a catalog of flowers and plants, and "Flora Batava", a book of illustrations of Dutch plants.
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Terms of use:
Free to use for personal or commercial projects. You may print the collage sheets as many times as you wish for your personal crafts or in your projects to sell, including: scrapbooks, junk journals, collage art, etc. You may not redistribute or sell the collage sheets “as is" in either print or digital form.
If you wish to share the files on your own website, please do not make the files available for download directly from your site. Instead, include an image with a link back to this site. Pinning is always welcome and appreciated!
To the best of my knowledge, these are all royalty free images that are in the Public Domain in the US. However, you should always do your own research if you plan to use them commercially.
