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Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)

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

Alpine chough. Numbered top right: 22. Latin and French names at the top. Part of the third album of bird drawings. Fifth 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

drawing song-birds: red-billed chough

Credit lineAlpenkraai (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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