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Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
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Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

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

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

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Great spotted woodpecker. Numbered top right: 3. Part of the third album with bird drawings. Fifth 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.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawingother birds: woodpecker
Credit lineGrote bonte specht (Dendrocopos major). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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