Orange Fritillaria Imperialis (Crown Imperial), Snail, and…
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Orange Fritillaria Imperialis (Crown Imperial), Snail, and Bug, folio 20 (recto), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies), 1608. France. Watercolor, ink, silver, and gold over occasional traces of pencil, on vellum; sheet: 31.1 x 20.2 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection, 1963.594.20.a