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Teal (Anas crecca)

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

Wigeon (female). Numbered top left: 13. Latin name top right. 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 water-birds: Eurasian teal

Credit lineWintertaling (Anas crecca). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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