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accession number:	1963.594
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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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1963.594

title:				Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)
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creation date:			1608
creation date earliest:		1608
creation date latest:		1608
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creditline:			Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection
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culture:	France
technique:	bound manuscript of 48 leaves, 77 drawings; watercolor, ink, silver and gold over occasional traces of pencil, on vellum
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - French
type:		Bound Volume
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CREATORS

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measurements: Sheet: 31.1 x 20.2 cm (12 1/4 x 7 15/16 in.)
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	description:	vellum
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	inscription:	Dated: Poitiers 1608 (on frontispiece)
Signed: On frontispiece in black ink, lower right: Van Kuyk
Notation on drawing: Frontispiece: in pencil, lower margin: * élève de Van Kessel, peintre flammand (* in pencil also appears in front of Van Kuyk's name).
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1964)
	opening date:   1964-12-08T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).

	title:		Paper: The Continuous Thread
	opening date:   1982-08-31T04:00:00
	<i>Paper: The Continuous Thread</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 31-October 24, 1982).

	title:		The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints
	opening date:   1983-05-03T04:00:00
	<i>The Perennial Garden: 18th and 19th Century Botanical Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 3-July 31, 1983).

	title:		The Magic of Still Life
	opening date:   1986-11-04T05:00:00
	<i>The Magic of Still Life</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 1986-February 1, 1987).

	title:		Imagining the Garden
	opening date:   2015-10-24T00:00:00
	<i>Imagining the Garden</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 24, 2015-March 6, 2016).

	title:		The Flowering of the Botanical Print
	opening date:   2016-03-26T00:00:00
	<i>The Flowering of the Botanical Print</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 3, 2016).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Jean Le Roy de la Boissière, Poitiers, France, commissioned
	date: 1608-
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	R. N. Philips, Manchester, England
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	A. M. Philips, Manchester, England
	date: 1890    
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	W. R. Price, London, England
	date: 1946    
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	(Sale: Christie's, London, 8/1/1962, lot 219)
	date: August 1, 1962
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	H. P. Kraus, New York, NY, sold to M. and W. Corning
	date: 1962
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	M. and W. Corning, Cleveland, OH, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1962-1963
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1963-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Henning, Edward B. “Annual Report for 1963.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 6 (1964).
	page number: 	pp. 136, 139
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	“Year in Review for 1964.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 10 (1965).
	page number: 	no. 147, p. 245
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	Webb, Sheila, and Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Paper, the Continuous Thread</em>. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 17, 66, no. 3; Reproduced: p. 19
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	Glaubinger, Jane. "Flower Power: The history of botanical prints has deep roots.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> vol. 56, no. 3 (May/June 2016): 10-12.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 12; Mentioned: p. 11, 12.
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-03

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