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Pink Breasted Bird, folio 39 (recto), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

Cleveland Museum of Art

An open book with a drawing of a bird on the page. The book has a dark-brown cover and yellowed pages. The page has a double border, one red and one lighter, around the drawing space. The drawing depicts a bird with a white head, pink breast, brown wings and tail, and red legs and eye. The bird's neck has a black band. The bird stands on green grass, with a brown object resembling a twig to the right. The background of the drawing space is off-white with grey smudges. The book sits on a light-grey surface.

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582 × 900 px
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