Purple iris (Iris germanica) Purple iris flower / iris purpurea, iris parva violacea. / iris violet (title on object), Purple iris. Numbered top right: 184. Bottom right the Latin name. Part of the second album with drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth 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., Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 227 mm × w 158 mm.
Purple iris (Iris germanica) Purple iris flower / iris purpurea, iris parva violacea. / iris violet (title on object), Purple iris. Numbered top right: 184. Bottom right the Latin name. Part of the second album with drawings of flowers and plants. Ninth 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., Anselmus Boetius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610, paper, watercolor (paint), deck paint, chalk, ink, pen, h 227 mm × w 158 mm