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Nicolas Robert

A Stapelia Variegata

17th century
Watercolor and gouache on vellum, border lines in gold
28.2 × 24.4 cm (11.1 × 9.6 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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