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Six-panel gold screen with red cockscomb flowers on the left and tall green cornstalks with tassels on the right.

Maize and Cockscombs

A six-panel folding screen against a gold-leaf ground shows red cockscomb flowers rising on thin stalks at left and center, beside tall green maize plants with feathery tassels at right. Ink and color are applied to paper with delicate, lightly modeled leaves.

Artist
Unknown
Date
mid 17th century
Medium
Six-panel screen; ink, color, and gold on paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 944 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1675).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Kate S. Buckingham Endowment

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