Hollyhock (Alcea rosea); Dobbel Purple wynter roosen. / Malva rosea duplex Purpurasceus. / Passe rose Double - Couleur pourpre. (title on object); Hollyhock; purple double flowers. Numbered top right: 69. At the top the Latin and Dutch name. Part of the first album with drawings of flowers and plants. Eighth of twelve albums with drawings of animals; birds and plants known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanation in Dutch; Latin and French; flowers (with NAME); Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; chalk; ink; pen; h 286 mm x w 185 mm