Damsel-in-the-green (Nigella damascena) Spinne Cobbebloem. tame Nardis. / Nigella. / Nielle. (title on object); Missy-in-the-green. Numbered top right: 274. Top left the name in six languages. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth of twelve albums with drawings of animals; birds and plants known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch; Latin and French.; Flowers (with NAME); Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; chalk; ink; pen; h 234 mm 脙鈥?w 168 mm