Indian runny duck (Anas platyrhynchos), Indian bird. / Anas indica. / Canard des indes. (title on object), Duck, probably the Indian walking duck. Numbered top right: 7. Top left the Latin name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth 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, pencil, chalk, ink, pen, h 192 mm × w 176 mm.
Indian runny duck (Anas platyrhynchos), Indian bird. / Anas indica. / Canard des indes. (title on object), Duck, probably the Indian walking duck. Numbered top right: 7. Top left the Latin name. Part of the third album with drawings of birds. Fifth 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, pencil, chalk, ink, pen, h 192 mm × w 176 mm