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Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
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Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

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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Cuckoo. Numbered top right: 17. Name in nine languages at the top. 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.

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Credit lineKoekoek (Cuculus canorus). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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