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Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)

Image courtesy Rijksmuseum | CC0 1.0

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Date

1596-1610

Artist

Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt (1550-1632)

Collection

Image Link

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/RP-T-BR-2017-1-2-32

Description

Crested Porcupine. 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.

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CC0 1.0

Image Credit

Image courtesy Rijksmuseum

Location

India

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Tags

Molluscs
Shells

Category

Glossary
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