Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex), Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt, 1596 - 1610
brush, h 137mm × w 178mm More details
When the Bruges mayor Joseph van Huerne rebound the albums of the Historia Naturalis in the early 19th century, he had the drawings mounted on folios provided with framing lines and the name of each creature inscribed in the Dutch, Latin and French forms of the time. He also engaged an artist to add the surroundings and background to the drawings. And so this Alpine ibex was given its familiar rough terrain under its hooves.
