Caption:
Mackerel (Scomber scombrus), Mackerel. / Scomber Lacertus Marrellus. / Macreau. (title on object), Mackerel. Numbered top right: 18. Top left the name in five 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 explanations in Dutch, Latin and French, bony fishes: mackerel, Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, pencil, chalk, watercolor (paint), ink, pen, h 126 mm × w 197 mm