Blue and purple irises (Iris germanica) Kleene Blue and Purple iris flowers / irides parvae Coerulae et Violacae. / Des iris Bleu et Couleur Violettes petite esp脙陋ce. (title on object); Three blue and purple irises. Numbered top right: 203. Part of the third album with drawings of flowers and plants. Tenth 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; flowers (with NAME); Anselmus Boetius de Boodt; 1596 - 1610; paper; watercolor (paint); deck paint; chalk; brush; h 220 mm 脙鈥?w 160 mm