Four broken Tulips, and a spray of Syringa, by Nicolas Robert

An image of Stylized drawing of four broken tulips, and a spray of Siringa. Robert, Nicolas attributed to (French, 1614-1685). Graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, height 318 mm, width 220 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. French.

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Stylized drawing of four broken tulips, and a spray of Siringa. Robert, Nicolas attributed to (French, 1614-1685). Graphite, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, height 318 mm, width 220 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. French.

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Accession Number: PD.109-1973.32
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 706 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 574.42kB

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17th Century album botanical drawing Fitz_PDP floral flowers French Lilacs Nicolas Robert orange Syringa tulips variegated vellum watercolour

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