Cuttlefish (Sepiida), Saepia (title on object), Cuttlefish. Numbered top right: 3. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth 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 (mentioned on object), Praag, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck paint, brush, h 310 mm × w 171 mm

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Cuttlefish (Sepiida), Saepia (title on object), Cuttlefish. Numbered top right: 3. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth 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 (mentioned on object), Praag, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck paint, brush, h 310 mm × w 171 mm

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