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White-flowered Blue Knapweed (Succisa)

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

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

About this work

White-flowered blue knapweed or Devil's bite. Numbered top right: 270. Name in four languages at top right. 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 description

Subjects

drawing flowers: succisa

Credit lineWitkleurige blauwe knoop (Succisa). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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