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Gooseberry (Ribes rubrum) and milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
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Gooseberry (Ribes rubrum) and milk thistle (Silybum marianum)

anonymous · 1604 - 1632 · engraving; paper; ink; watercolor (paint)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Currant and sow thistle. With a butterfly. Figs. 45 and 46 on a sheet hand-numbered 24. 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.

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Subjects
printinsects: butterflyfruits: red currant
Credit lineAalbes (Ribes rubrum) en mariadistel (Silybum marianum). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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