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Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
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Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

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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Sparrowhawk. Numbered top right: 14. Name in Latin at the top. On the sheet an annotation by J.A. van Huerne from or after 1802. Part of the first album with drawings of birds. Third 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.

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Credit lineSperwer (Accipiter nisus). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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