Greater centauria (Centaurea scabiosa) Groote Koorn Bloeme. / Cianus flos. / Blaveole Bland grande espèc. (title on object), Large centauria. Numbered top right: 216. Top right the name in four languages. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth 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., Flowers: anemone, insects: beetle, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 255 mm × w 173 mm, Reimagined by

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