From the Aboca Museum: “Hortus amoenissimus… by Franciscus de Geest, a famous seventeenth-century Baroque painter from Holland (1638-1699), is a fascinating anthology of plants. De Geest, who had become famous for painting portraits and still-lifes, also enthusiastically devoted himself to the illustration of flowers, which resulted in this splendid manuscript anthology of plants.”
Also check out this YouTube video (not all of it is in English): Aboca Museum – Hortus amoenissimus… di Fransiscus de Geest
