A camel and a giraffe. Numbered top right: 7. With the inscription that this giraffe was on display in Constantinople in 1568. Part of the second album with drawings of quadrupeds. Second 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, Camel (Camelus ferus bactrianus) and giraffe (Giraffa) 1. Kemel. 2. / 1. Camelus. 2. Camelo pardalis. / Chameau. 2. Giraffe., draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, 1596 - 1610, paper

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