Bat, probably from the family smooth noses. Top with small ears, bottom with big ears. Numbered upper right: 6. Part of the first album with drawings of quadrupeds. First 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, Noctule Bat (Nyctalus noctula) and Brown Long-eared Bat (Plecotus auratus) Smooth nose bat (Vespertilionidae) Leather bat. / Vespertilio / Chauve-souris, draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, 1596 - 1610

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