Reposted by Commonplaces
Study of a Plant with Red-Purple Flowers (which she labelled: 'Sebestena Africana purprurea ulmi folio. Elegantissimo flore' Maria Moninckx
Done #otd 14 Oct 1695 (Met Museum)
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