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Natural history ensemble (no. 17)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Sheet with the seventeenth natural history ensemble of animals and plants, numbers 1-13. Insects (butterflies, beetle, mosquitoes, grasshopper), snail, seed fruit, artichoke and flowers. Numbered top right: 17. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles, amphibians and natural history ensembles. The 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 lineNatuurhistorische ensemble (nr. 17). 1596 - 1610. Elias Verhulst, Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
