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Ape and two baboons (Papio)

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.

About this work

A black Brazilian monkey (possibly a black spider monkey) and two baboons. Numbered in the upper right: 2. Inscriptions in Latin. 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

Subjects

drawing monkeys, apes: baboon monkeys, apes

Credit lineAap en twee bavianen (Papio). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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