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Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis)

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

Winter aconite. With a caterpillar and a wasp-like insect. Numbered top right: 325. Top the name in three 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

drawing flowers: winter aconite insects: wasp insects: caterpillar

Credit lineWinterakoniet (Eranthis hyemalis). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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