Cuckoo flower (Lychnis) or Prick nose (Lychnis coronaria) Christ eye hen half dice / Coronaria lijnis. Semi duplex. / oeuillettes semidoubles. (title on object), Koekoeksbloem or Prikneus. Numbered top right: 181. Right the name in Latin and Dutch. Part of the second album with drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth 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, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 235 mm × w 158 mm
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Cuckoo flower, Lychnis, Prick nose, Lychnis coronaria, Christ eye hen half dice, Coronaria lijnis, Semi duplex, oeuillettes semidoubles, title, object, Koekoeksbloem, Prikneus, Numbered top right, 181, Right, name, Latin, Dutch, Part, second album, drawings, flowers, plants, Ninth, twelve albums, animals, birds, 1600, commissioned, Emperor Rudolf II, explanations, French, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596, 1610, paper, watercolor, paint, deck paint, chalk, ink, pen
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