Studies of the blossoms, fruits and trunk of an English oak (Quercus robur)

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Artist: Ludwig Pfleger (German, Rastatt 1720–1793 Rastatt)
Date: 1788
Medium: Watercolor, over black chalk; double framing lines in pen and black ink
Dimensions: sheet: 21 x 15 in. (53.4 x 38.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2009
Accession no.: 2009.379

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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023180
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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023181
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Museum collection · via the Metropolitan Museum of ArtAT-00023182

Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.