Bird, possibly a wren. The French name (roitelet) refers to a goldcrest, which it certainly is not. Numbered top right: 3. Part of the second album with drawings of birds. Fourth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by emperor Rudolf II. With notes in Dutch, Latin and French, Vogeltje, possibly a wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) Koningsken. / Roitelet, draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, 1596 - 1610, paper, brush, pen, h 142 mm × w 171 mm

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