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Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio)
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Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio)

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

Little grebe. Numbered top right: 24. Latin name also here. 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.

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Credit linePurperkoet (Porphyrio porphyrio). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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