Roerdomp (Botaurus stellaris), aresbias, ardea stellaris minor. (title on object), Roerdomp. Numbered top right: 22. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, shore birds and wading birds: bittern, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, pencil, chalk, brush, h 294 mm × w 183 mm

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Roerdomp (Botaurus stellaris), aresbias, ardea stellaris minor. (title on object), Roerdomp. Numbered top right: 22. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, shore birds and wading birds: bittern, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, pencil, chalk, brush, h 294 mm × w 183 mm

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License: Licensed
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