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Centaury (Centaurea)
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Yellow-flowering centaury, possibly Centaurea macrocephala. Numbered 146 in the upper right. Name in four languages at the flowers. 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 descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCentauri (Centaurea). 1596 - 1610. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
