Exquisite paintings from the world's finest collection of collected art. A fine new art calendar from Flame Tree. The Ashmolean began when the wealthy antiquary Elias Ashmole (1617-92) gifted his collection to the University of Oxford in 1682. It was then combined with an older University collection that included Guy Fawkes' lantern. Today, the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology houses Western Art, Eastern Art, Antiquities, Cast Gallery and the Coin Room. The beautiful still life paintings in this calendar are taken from the vast collection. Informative text accompanies each work and the datepad features previous and next month's views. Printed on FSC-certified paper.About the Author: Designed and developed at Flame Tree Publishing, independent publisher and creator of fine, illustrated books, journals and art calendars.