1-2) Flower studies; 3) Landscape with a man leading a mule; 4) Landscape with cottage among the trees

Various

Fitzwilliam Museum

1-2) Two flower studies by Sybilla Merian - Sisyrinchium with a purple and brown butterfly (illustrated) and Hyporicum Baxiforum; 3) Monochrome Landscape drawing of ruined buildings by Pillement; 4) Landscape by Jacob Cats. These four works are part of a gift of 14 drawings presented to the Fitzwilliam Museum by A F Griffiths in 1925.

• Artists Include:
• M Sybilla Merian
• Jean-Baptiste Pillement
• Jacob Cats

• Medium: 1-2) watercolour on vellum; 3) black chalk, pen & ink & wash; 4) pen & ink & wash
• Dimensions: 1) 37.4 x 20.6cm; 2) 37.4 x 30.6cm; 3) 13.8 x 25.5cm;4) 11.4 x 17.2cm
• ArtFunded in: 1925
• Presented by A F Griffiths through The Art Fund

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