Deer-like, possibly a wood goat antelope. The French name Saïga refers to a kind of antelope (Saiga antelope) that does not resemble the proposed animal. Numbered top right: 6. With five-line caption in Latin. Part of the second album with drawings of quadrupeds. Second of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanatory notes in Dutch, Latin and French, Hertachtige, possibly a forest goat antelope (Nemorhaedini) Indian Geijte / Capra indica Mambrina. / Chevre ifne, draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, 1596 - 1610, paper, brush, pen, h 137 mm × w 175 mm.
Deer-like, possibly a wood goat antelope. The French name Saïga refers to a kind of antelope (Saiga antelope) that does not resemble the proposed animal. Numbered top right: 6. With five-line caption in Latin. Part of the second album with drawings of quadrupeds. Second of twelve albums with drawings of animals, birds and plants known around 1600, commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanatory notes in Dutch, Latin and French, Hertachtige, possibly a forest goat antelope (Nemorhaedini) Indian Geijte / Capra indica Mambrina. / Chevre ifne, draughtsman: Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, draughtsman: Elias Verhulst, draughtsman: Praag, draughtsman: Delft, 1596 - 1610, paper, brush, pen, h 137 mm × w 175 mm