Blue Cynthia, Nigella, Gray Pyensin, Cranesbill, and Snake…
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Blue Cynthia, Nigella, Gray Pyensin, Cranesbill, and Snake with Gooseberry Border, folio 22 (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, 1963.594.22.a