'Florilège des Amours' by Ronsard designed by Henri Matisse.

Born on this day in 1524 was French poet Pierre de Ronsard, the leader of the Renaissance group La Pléiade. The Hermitage collection includes the book 'Florilège des Amours' by Ronsard designed by Henri Matisse. The verses are accompanied by images on antique and floral subjects, of fauns with flutes, nymphs, singing nightingales.

Анри Матисс | Избранная любовная лирика Ронсара | Литография, оттиск сангиной | Париж: издательство Альбера Скира | 1948 г.
Эта книга, наряду с другими, была передана Эрмитажу Лидией Николаевной Делекторской, секретарем и моделью Матисса.

Florilège des Amours de Ronsard par Henri Matisse | Lithography, sanguine print | Paris: Albert Skira | 1948
This book was presented to the Hermitage museum by Lidya Delectorskaya, the secretary and the model of Matisse.

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