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Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

1608

France

bound manuscript of 48 leaves, 77 drawings; 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.)
Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1963.594
Location: Not on view
  • 1608-
    Jean Le Roy de la Boissière, Poitiers, France, commissioned
    R. N. Philips, Manchester, England
    1890
    A. M. Philips, Manchester, England
    1946
    W. R. Price, London, England
    August 1, 1962
    (Sale: Christie's, London, 8/1/1962, lot 219)
    1962
    H. P. Kraus, New York, NY, sold to M. and W. Corning
    1962-1963
    M. and W. Corning, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1963-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Henning, Edward B. “Annual Report for 1963.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 6 (1964). pp. 136, 139
    “Year in Review for 1964.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 10 (1965). no. 147, p. 245
    Webb, Sheila, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Paper, the Continuous Thread. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982. Mentioned: p. 17, 66, no. 3; Reproduced: p. 19
    Glaubinger, Jane. "Flower Power: The history of botanical prints has deep roots.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 3 (May/June 2016): 10-12. Reproduced: p. 12; Mentioned: p. 11, 12 archive.org
  • The Flowering of the Botanical Print. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).
    Imagining the Garden. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).
    The Magic of Still Life. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987).
    The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-July 31, 1983).
    Paper: The Continuous Thread. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982).
    Year in Review (1964). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).
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