Identification title(s): greenfinch (chloris chloris)groening wyfken / chloris faemina / verdier femelle (title on object). Object type: drawing object number: rp-t-br-2017-1-4-14. Description: greenfinch (female). Numbered top left: 9. Top right the name variants in german and latin. Part of the second album with drawings of birds. Fourth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by emperor rudolf ii. With explanation in dutch, latin and french. Manufacture. Manufacturer: draftsman: anselmus boëtius de boodt, draftsman: elias verhulst. Place of manufacture: draftsman: prague, draftsman: delft. Dating: 1596 - 1610. Physical characteristics: brush in watercolor and body paint in colours, pencil, handwriting in pen in brown. Material: paper watercolor opaque paint pencil ink technique: brush / pen. Dimensions: top: height 168 mm × width 195 mm. Subject: what: song-birds: greenfinch. Credit line: loan from a private individual. Acquisition: loan 21-mar-2017. Date: between 1596 and 1610.
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