Smelleken (Falco Columbarius), anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610 drawing Smelleken. Numbered at the top right: 15. On the left the name in six languages. Part of the first album with drawings of birds. Third 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. Prague paper. watercolor (paint). deck paint. pencil. ink brush / pen predatory birds: merlin

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