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Apples, folio 48 (verso), 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.)
Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1963.594.48.b
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
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