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Wild sheep (Ovis) and African goat (Capra)
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Wild sheep (Ovis) and African goat (Capra)

1596 - 1610 · pen; brush; paper; deck paint; ink; pencil; watercolor (paint)

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

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Wild or Arabian sheep and African goat in a landscape with trees. Numbered in the upper right: 8. Names in Latin and French at the top. Part of the second album of drawings of quadrupeds. Second of twelve albums of drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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drawingsheepgoat
Credit lineWild schaap (Ovis) en Afrikaanse geit (Capra). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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