
AT-00023182
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Studies of the trunk, blossoms and fruit of a wild apple tree (Malus sylvestris)
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Ludwig Pfleger (German, Rastatt 1720–1793 Rastatt)
- Date
- 1788
- Medium
- Watercolor, over a sketch in black chalk or graphite; double framing lines in pen and black ink
- Dimensions
- sheet: 21 x 14 15/16 in. (53.4 x 38 cm)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- Drawings
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2009
- Accession no.
- 2009.382
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00023182
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