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Wood vetch (Vicia sylvatica) and yarrow (Achillea millefolium)
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Wood vetch (Vicia sylvatica) and yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

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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Water avens and yarrow. Figs. 35 and 36 on a sheet hand-numbered 19. 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: wood vetchflowers: yarrow
Credit lineBoswikke (Vicia sylvatica) en duizendblad (Achillea millefolium). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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