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Houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) and mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
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Houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum) and mullein (Verbascum thapsus)

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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Foxglove and candle plant. Figs. 33 and 34 on a sheet hand-numbered 18. 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 watercolours of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printflowers: great mulleinflowers: sempervivum
Credit lineDonderblad (Sempervivum tectorum) en koningskaars (Verbascum thapsus). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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