Getting started with the collection:
Pink Flower (unknown) and Marigold (Calendula officinalis)
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
In the early 19th century, the mayor of Bruges, Van Huerne, had the Historia Naturalis rebound. The drawings were pasted onto pages provided with framing lines along with the name of each living thing and species inscribed in the Dutch, Latin and French forms of the time. Although it was apparently assumed that number 1 would be identified, this line remained blank. We still do not know which flower is depicted here.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-BR-2017-1-10-19
- Dimensionsheight 236 mm x width 170 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in waterverf en dekverf over zwart krijt, gehoogd met witte dekverf, handschrift in pen in bruin