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Tufted grape hyacinth (Muscari comosum) and cornflower (Centaurie)
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Tufted grape hyacinth (Muscari comosum) and cornflower (Centaurie)

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

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

About this work

Crested hyacinth and a purple cornflower or centaury. Numbered 144 in the upper right. Latin names at the flowers and an inscription in Dutch. Part of the second album of drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth of twelve albums of drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, made on commission of Emperor Rudolf II. With commentary in Dutch, Latin and French.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
drawingflowers: cornflowerflowers: hyacinth
Credit lineKuifhyacint (Muscari comosum) en korenbloem (Centaurie). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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