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Three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
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Three-banded armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)

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

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

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Armadillo, three-banded. Numbered top right: 2. After an illustration in Buffon. Part of the second album with drawings of quadrupeds. Second of twelve albums with 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 lineKogelgordeldier (Tolypeutes matacus). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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