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Blue Cornflower (Catananche caerulea)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Blue strawflower. Numbered top right: 259. Latin name at bottom right and a later annotation in Dutch. 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 descriptionCredit lineBlauwe strobloem (Catananche caerulea). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
