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Composite specimen with the tail of a beaver
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Composite specimen with the tail of a beaver, but the body and head of a mongoose or weasel-like animal. Numbered 10 in the upper right. Name in seven languages in the upper left. 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 descriptionCredit lineSamengesteld preparaat met de staart van een bever. 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
