Basilisk; Basilisk (Basiliscus); Basilisk. Representation of a lizard without front legs. Top left the name in Latin. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles; amphibians and natural history ensembles. The seventh of twelve albums with watercolors of animals; birds and plants; known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch; Latin and French; lizards: lizard; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; Praag; 1596 - 1610; paper; pencil; chalk; watercolor (paint); ink; brush; h 133 mm x w 245 mm