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Peach (Prunus persica) and scarlet catchfly (Silene chalcedonica)
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Peach (Prunus persica) and scarlet catchfly (Silene chalcedonica)

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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Peach and burning love. Figs. 10 and 11 on a sheet hand-numbered 6. 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
Subjects
printflowers: burning lovefruits: peach
Credit linePerzik (Prunus persica) en brandende liefde (Silene chalcedonica). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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