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Red campion (Silene dioica) and medlar (Mespilus germanica)
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Red campion (Silene dioica) and medlar (Mespilus germanica)

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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Day cuckoo flower and medlar. Figs. 17 and 18 on a sheet hand-numbered 10. 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
printfruits: medlarflowers: red campion
Credit lineDagkoekoeksbloem (Silene dioica) en mispel (Mespilus germanica). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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