Civet cat. With a detailed study of the head. Numbered upper right: 18. Top two-line inscription in Latin. Part of the first album with drawings of quadrupeds. First of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanatory notes in Dutch, Latin and French, Civetkat (Viverra) Zibeth Catte. / Felis Zibethi. / Civette, draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, 1596 - 1610, paper, brush, pen, h 155 mm × w 240 mm

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