Artwork Page for Yellow Narcissus, Blue Bugloss, and Foxglove, folio 25 (verso), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

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Yellow Narcissus, Blue Bugloss, and Foxglove, folio 25 (verso), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

1608

France

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Medium
watercolor, ink, silver, and gold over occasional traces of pencil, on vellum
Measurements
Sheet: 31.1 x 20.2 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1963.594.25.b
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A cream-colored vellum book page features watercolor drawings of three flowers within reddish-brown borders. Centered is a tall green stalk with fuzzy leaves and tiny blue blossoms. To its left, a bright yellow narcissus faces forward. Several purple foxgloves hang from a thick stem on the right, their bell-shaped heads drooping. Light pencil sketches appear against the cream background, and the book's bound spine is visible along the left.

Yellow Narcissus, Blue Bugloss, and Foxglove, folio 25 (verso), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

1608

France

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