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Bird and Dog, folio 37 (verso), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Open book with aged pages and a dark brown cover. The page features two illustrations separated by a horizontal black line and framed by a red border. The top illustration depicts a brown bird with a long beak standing on grass with a cloudy sky background. The bird faces left and has a white neck and chest with brown feathers on its back. The bottom illustration shows a brown dog standing on dirt and grass with a cloudy sky background and a semi-transparent bird in the distance. The dog faces right and has a long snout and tail. The sky in both illustrations is grey and cloudy. The book sits on a plain grey surface.

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582 × 900 px
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