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Beaver (Castor)
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Beaver (Castor)

1596 - 1610 · brush; paper; deck paint; watercolor (paint); chalk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Beaver. Numbered 9 in the upper right. Part of the first album of drawings of quadrupeds. First of twelve albums of drawings of animals, birds, and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With commentary in Dutch, Latin, and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawingrodents: beaver
Credit lineBever (Castor). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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