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Corn cockle (Agrostemma githago) and sour cherry (Prunus cerasus)

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.

About this work

Bittersweet and sour cherry. With some ornamental plants and vines. Figs. 41 and 42 on a sheet hand-numbered 22. 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

print flowers: corncockle fruits: sour cherry

Credit lineBolderik (Agrostemma githago) en zure kers (Prunus cerasus). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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