Royal candle (Verbascum thapsus), Wolle Kruijd. / Verbascum, candela regia. / Bouillon blanc (title on object), King's candle, or cloud. Numbered top right: 331. Also the name in six languages. Part of the fourth album with drawings of flowers and mushrooms. Eleventh 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, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 270 mm × w 166 mm

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Royal candle (Verbascum thapsus), Wolle Kruijd. / Verbascum, candela regia. / Bouillon blanc (title on object), King's candle, or cloud. Numbered top right: 331. Also the name in six languages. Part of the fourth album with drawings of flowers and mushrooms. Eleventh 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, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 270 mm × w 166 mm

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