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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
When the Bruges mayor Joseph van Huerne rebound the albums from the Historia Naturalis in the early 18th century, he had the drawings mounted on folios with ruled borders, with the name of each creature written in the Dutch, Latin and French forms of the time. He also added the suggestion of a setting by adding some small strokes in black chalk on the sheet.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-BR-2017-1-5-59
- Dimensionsheight 297 mm x width 175 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in waterverf en dekverf in kleuren over potlood of zwart krijt, gehoogd met witte dekverf, handschrift in pen in bruin