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Lily, Anemone, Borage, and Caterpillar, with Floral Border, folio 19 (recto), from Florilegium (A Book of Flower Studies)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts an open book with a colorful illustration of flowers and a caterpillar on the page. The illustration is in a rectangular frame with a thin brown border. Inside the frame, there are three orange flowers with green stems and leaves. The flowers have long, thin petals that are curled back. There is one red flower with a white center at the top of the page. A caterpillar is on the red flower. The bottom of the frame has a small blue flower and some greenery. The page is yellowed and worn, with some brown spots and discoloration. The book is bound in brown leather. The background of the image is white.

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