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Lynx (Lynx lynx)
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
In the early 19th century the mayor of Bruges, Van Huerne, had the Historia Naturalis re-bound. The drawings were pasted onto pages with framing lines containing the then-current Dutch, Latin, and French names of each creature – such as the tiger on this sheet. In the handwritten caption, however, it is rightly noted that a different animal is probably depicted here. After all, tigers have a long tail and stripes rather than dots.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-BR-2017-1-1-93
- Dimensionsheight 168 mm x width 252 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in waterverf en dekverf in kleuren, gehoogd met witte dekverf