| A Gathering of Flowers Calendar, Wall, Pomegranate
By the beginning of the seventeenth century, a growing interest in botany and an increasing passion for gardening among the wealthy gave rise to the florilegium (a gathering of flowers), a book in which flowers were depicted lavishly and in detail. The paintings in this calendar - drawn with watercolor, ink, silver, and gold on vellum - are from a 1608 florilegium commissioned by the nobleman Jean le Roy de la BoissiŠre, whom many consider one of the artists responsible for the paintings. Among the images are peony, lily, peppers, and tulips. This 2006 Wall calendar was published by Pomegranate.
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