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Plate with nine crustaceans and mollusks
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Plate with nine crustaceans and mollusks

1596 - 1610 · pen; brush; paper; ink; pencil; watercolor (paint); chalk

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

About this work

Sheet with nine crustaceans, molluscs and a sea lily, numbers 1-9, with the Latin and sometimes also the French names. Numbered top right: 8. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBlad met negen kreeftachtigen en weekdieren. 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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