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Black scoter (Melanitta nigra)

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

Black sea duck. Numbered at the top right: 19. At the top left the Latin name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description

Subjects

drawing water-birds: common scoter

Credit lineZwarte zee-eend (Melanitta nigra). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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