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Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
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Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

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.

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Cormorant. Numbered top right: 16. 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
drawingwater-birds: cormorant
Credit lineAalscholver (Phalacrocorax carbo). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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