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Amazing Rare Things: The Art of Natural History in the Age of Discovery: The Queen's Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse
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    ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

    Peony, 'Paeonia mascula' (L.) Mill. with the root of 'Paeonia officinalis' L.

    c. 1610-20

    RCIN 919401

    This drawing is one of a large group of botanical sheets produced for Cassiano’s friend Federico Cesi, and acquired by Cassiano after Cesi’s death in 1630. It is a composite of two species of peony, a flowering branch of Paeonia mascula, to which the root of Paeonia officinalis has been pasted. The reason for this confusing juxtaposition is unclear.

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