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Caption: Perch (Perciformes), possibly a pieterman (Trachinus), Etterlijnk. pieterman / Draco Marinus. / Vive (title on object), A perch, possibly a pieterman. The resemblance to a pieterman caused by the later addition of the first dorsal fin with thorny fin rays. Numbered top right: 17. Bottom left the name in seven languages. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish, shells and insects. Sixth of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch, Latin and French, bony fishes: weever, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), deck paint, ink, pen, h 149 mm × w 311 mm
Credit: Album / quintlox
Image size: 5694 × 3688 px | 60.1 MB
Print size: 48.2 × 31.2 cm | 2241.7 × 1452.0 in (300 dpi)