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Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) and Holly (Ilex aquifolium)
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Centaury (Centaurium erythraea) and Holly (Ilex aquifolium)

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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Yarrow and holly. Figs. 23 and 24 on a sheet hand-numbered 13. 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
printtrees: hollyflowers: centaurium
Credit lineDuizendguldenkruid (Centaurium erythraea) en hulst (Ilex aquifolium). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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