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Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Fire salamander. Name in three languages on the left and above. Below the drawing a later print has been inserted with a depiction of six salamanders. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles, amphibians and natural history ensembles. Seventh of twelve albums with watercolours 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 descriptionCredit lineVuursalamander (Salamandra salamandra). 1596 - 1610. Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
