Sea turtle (Cheloniidae); Turtle. who washes the land. / testudo Palustris. / Tortue de terre (title on object); Sea turtle. Top left the Latin name. 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 explanation in Dutch; Latin and French; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; Praag; 1596 - 1610; paper; pencil; chalk; watercolor (paint); deck paint; ink; pen; h 145 mm x w 175 mm