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Chaffinch (Fringilla)
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Chaffinch (Fringilla)

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

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

About this work

Unknown bird, likely a type of finch. Numbered top right: 12. Part of the second album of bird drawings. Fourth of twelve albums of drawings of animals, birds, and plants known around 1600, made on the order of Emperor Rudolf II. With commentary in Dutch, Latin, and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawingsong-birds: brambling
Credit lineVink (Fringilla). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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