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Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)
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Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)

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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Puffin. Numbered at the top left: 30. At the top right the Latin name. On the album sheet a four-line annotation in French. 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
drawingwater-birds: Atlantic puffin
Credit linePapegaaiduiker (Fratercula arctica). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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