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Silk Plant (Asclepias syriaca)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Silk plant or swallow root. Numbered top right: 252. Name in four languages at top left. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineZijdeplant (Asclepias syriaca). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
