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Common comfrey (Symphytum officinale)
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Common comfrey (Symphytum officinale)

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

Comfrey or wallroot. Numbered top right: 324. Right the name in five languages. Part of the fourth album with drawings of flowers and mushrooms. Eleventh 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
drawingflowers: comfrey
Credit lineGewone smeerwortel (Symphytum officinale). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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