Fine large vignette by Johann Rudolph Schellenberg (1740-1806)
Fine hand colored stone copper engraving
14.3 x 20 cm
Published ca 1780.
Vignette with French text to verso.
Rare.
Johann Rudolph Schellenberg was a Swiss artist, writer and entomologist best known for his illustrations of insects. During his career he performed illustrative work for Johann Heinrich Sulzer, Johannes Gessner, Johann Kaspar Lavater and Johann Kaspar Füssli.
