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Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt (signed by artist), c. 1596 - c. 1610
The artist skilfully used only the point of the brush – not a pen – to make this image. He may have copied the porcupine from a watercolour by Joris Hoefnagel preserved in another set of albums once owned by Rudolph II. There is no doubt, however, that this drawing is by De Boodt. It bears a signature, and he added a list at upper left with the animal’s name in eight languages.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-BR-2017-1-2-32
- Dimensionsheight 180 mm x width 178 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in waterverf en dekverf in kleuren, gehoogd met witte dekverf, handschrift in pen in bruin