Centifolia rose, lavender, tortoishell butterfly, goldfinch and crested pigeon, by Nicolas Robert

An image of Centifolia rose, lavender, tortoishell butterfly, goldfinch and crested pigeon (assigned title). Robert, Nicolas attributed to (French, 1614-1685). Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, height 317 mm, width 219 mm. Album containing 62 botanical drawings on vellum tipped in on the gilt-edged pages of the album which bear the watermark of an 18th century French paper-maker, Malmenayde of Thiers (active from 1731). Bound in red morocco with clasps, the spine tooled in gilt. The Pages are interleaved with thin protective paper. Ruled lines of red and gold border the drawings on all sides. 17th Century.

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Centifolia rose, lavender, tortoishell butterfly, goldfinch and crested pigeon (assigned title). Robert, Nicolas attributed to (French, 1614-1685). Watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, height 317 mm, width 219 mm. Album containing 62 botanical drawings on vellum tipped in on the gilt-edged pages of the album which bear the watermark of an 18th century French paper-maker, Malmenayde of Thiers (active from 1731). Bound in red morocco with clasps, the spine tooled in gilt. The Pages are interleaved with thin protective paper. Ruled lines of red and gold border the drawings on all sides. 17th Century.

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Accession Number: PD.109-1973.60
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 720 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
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17th Century album birds botanical butterflies butterfly drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers French goldfinch insects lavender Nicolas Robert ornithological ornithology pigeons pink pink roses roses vellum watercolour

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