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Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tit (Parus major)

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

Great Tit (flying) and Coal Tit. Numbered top right: 6. Latin name on the left. Part of the second album with bird drawings. Fourth of twelve albums with 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

drawing song-birds: blue tit song-birds: great tit

Credit linePimpelmees (Cyanistes caeruleus) en koolmees (Parus major). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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