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Plum (Prunus) and Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)
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Plum (Prunus) and Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri)

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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Plum and wallflower. With two naked men wrestling in front of a tree. Figs. 21 and 22 on a sheet hand-numbered 12. 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: plumflowers: wallflowerwrestling (sport)
Credit linePruim (Prunus) en muurbloem (Erysimum cheiri). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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