Pen and ink drawing on paper of Cepa fissilis Mathioli (identified as Allium cepa) by Claude Aubriet c.1700. Recto: LR: Handwritten in ink: 'aubriet fecit'; Handwritten in graphite pencil: TL: '64', LL: 'Cepa fissilis mathioli lugd'. Identified as Allium cepa. Previously mis-identified as Allium schoenoprasum. Cepa fissilis is a synonym. Mathioli is the Latin spelling of Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian botanist. English vernacular name: onion, shallot
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Pen and ink on paper with grey wash. 23 cm x 16.8 cm. pen and ink. paper. grey wash