A dog, almost identical to the dog on the previous page (46). According to the caption it is a molosser (a large dog of the dog type) or a dog of the mastiff breed. Numbered top right: 2. 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, Dog (Canis lupus familiaris) Hof-Hond. / Molossus. / Mâtin., draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, 1596 - 1610, paper, brush, h

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