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Yellow-green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)
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Yellow-green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)

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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Yellow-green monkey. Sitting with a fruit in its hand. Numbered in the upper right: 6. Inscription with name 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
Credit lineGeelgroene meerkat (Chlorocebus sabaeus). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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