Whale (Cetus) Walvian Man. / Cetus Mas. / Baleine M鈒e (title on object); Whale. The animal has the teeth of a shark and the tail and fins of a fish. Numbered top right: 1. Top left the Latin name. Part of the sixth album with drawings of fish; shells and insects. Sixth 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; swimming mammals: whale; cartilaginous fishes: shark; Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; pencil; watercolor (paint); deck paint; pen; h 160 mm x w 305 mm