Amaranth (Amaranthus); Velvet Flowers. / Amaranthus. / Passevelours. (title on object); Amaranth. Numbered top right: 329. Top left the name in five languages. Part of the fourth album with drawings of flowers and mushrooms. Eleventh 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 268 mm x w 175 mm