Johann Christoph Dietzsch: Nigella Boxed Small Notecards

Johann Christoph Dietzsch (German, 1710–1769)
Nigella (Love-in-a-mist) with a pale clouded yellow butterfly and insects

Johann Christoph Dietzsch was a member of the Dietzsch family of artists in Nuremberg, which was second only to London as a center for botanical art. Dietzsch and two of his sisters were employed at the Nuremberg Court, where they specialized in painting botanical subjects. Dietzsch and his father were also known for their landscape paintings.