Purple iris (Iris germanica). irides parvae coerulcae and variae Color. / Petites iris Couleur Violet et autre. (title on object); Three small irises; two purple and one yellow. Numbered top right: 213. 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 206 mm x w 169 mm