Three thistle (Carlina vulgaris); Aver wurtel. / Cartina Humilis / Carline (title on object); Three Thistle. Numbered top right: 327. At the top the name in three 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 235 mm x w 165 mm