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Night Moths and Butterflies

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt · 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

Sheet with thirteen insects, mostly noctuid moths and a single beetle and mosquito, numbered 1-13. A woodlouse ('Sea Zeuge') has been added in the bottom right. Numbered top right: 12. 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

Subjects

drawing crustaceans: woodlouse insects: moth insects: mosquito insects: beetle

Credit lineNachtvlinders en motten. 1596 - 1610. Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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