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Double columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) and apple (Malus pumila)
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Double columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) and apple (Malus pumila)

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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Double aquilegia and apple. With a bird and some ornamental plants. Figs. 51 and 52 on a sheet hand-numbered 26. 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
printfruits: appleflowers: columbinebirds
Credit lineDubbele akelei (Aquilegia vulgaris) en appel (Malus pumila). 1604 - 1632. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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