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Sheet with Thirteen Mosquitoes (Historia Naturalis of Rudolf II)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Anselmus de Boodt was court physician to Emperor Rudolf II in Prague. Scientific interest in natural phenomena ran high at his court. There, De Boodt produced his Historia Naturalis, a series of albums with hundreds of images of animals and plants. This sheet of ordinary mosquitoes bears witness to his exceptional powers of observation. Each of the thirteen mosquitoes is slightly different.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBlad met dertien muggen (Historia Naturalis van Rudolf II). 1596 - 1610. Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
