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Fritillaria Presica with Geometric Border, folio 46 (recto), 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 1963.594.46.a
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A book page features a watercolor painting on vellum of a central flowering plant. Numerous dark purple and brown bell-shaped blossoms hang from a tall stalk, set above a cluster of pointed green leaves. At the top, a seed pod on our left and a bloom on our right flank the stalk. A gray and silver geometric border, framed by thin red lines, surrounds the scene, revealing a gold-leafed book edge and red velvet binding.

Fritillaria Presica with Geometric Border, folio 46 (recto), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

1608

France

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