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Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
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Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

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

Wood pigeon. Numbered top right: 23. Name in two languages top left. Part of the first album of bird drawings. Third of twelve albums of drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With commentary in Dutch, Latin and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawingother birds: dove
Credit lineHoutduif (Columba palumbus). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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