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Butomus umbellatus and small-flowered sage (Salvia verbenaca)
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Butomus umbellatus and small-flowered sage (Salvia verbenaca)

anonymous · 1604 - 1632 · engraving; hand coloring; paper; ink; watercolor (paint)

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

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Water plantain and small-leaved sage. Figs. 4 and 5 on a sheet hand-numbered 3. In: Anselmi Boëtii de Boot I.C. Brugensis & Rodolphi II. Imp. Roman. medici a cubiculis Florum, Herbarum, ac fructuum selectiorum icones, & vires pleraeque hactenus ignotæ. Part of the album with sheets and plates from De Boodt's herbarium of 1640. The twelfth of twelve albums with watercolors of animals, birds, and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineZwanenbloem (Butomus umbellatus) en kleinbloemige salie (Salvia verbenaca). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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