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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)

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

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

About this work

When the Bruges mayor Joseph van Huerne rebound the albums from the Historia Naturalis in the early 18th century, he had the drawings mounted on folios with ruled borders, with the name of each creature written in the Dutch, Latin and French forms of the time. He also added the suggestion of a setting by adding some small strokes in black chalk on the sheet.

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Credit lineGewone flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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