Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) Common Cauwels. / Brassica vulgaris saliva. / Choux. (title on object); Green Purple (ornamental) cabbage; sprouted. Numbered top right: 156. Top right the name in four languages. 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.; Plants and herbs: cabbage; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; ink; chalk; pen; h 266 mm x w 177 mm