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Helmeted Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
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Helmeted Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)

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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Cassowary. With details of a feather and an egg. Numbered top right: 32. 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 lineHelmkasuaris (Casuarius casuarius). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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