Book of Flower Studies

Master of Claude de France

Date: ca. 1510–1515

Medium: Opaque water color, organic glazes, gold and silver paint, iron and carbon-based ink and charcoal on parchment

Dimensions: Manuscript: 6 7/16 × 4 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (16.4 × 10.8 × 3.2 cm) Folio: 6 1/16 × 4 in. (15.4 × 10.2 cm)

Classification: Manuscripts and Illuminations

Country: France

Culture: French

Themes: Butterflies, Dragonflies, Flowers, Fruit, Insects

Purchase, The Cloisters Collection, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, and Rogers Fund, 2019