Natural history ensemble (no. 17); 17. Leaf of hodgepodge / miscelaniorum tabula 17. / 17. feuille de melange (title on object); Leaf with the seventeenth natural history ensemble with animals and plants; numbers 1-13. Insects (butterflies; beetles; mosquitoes; grasshopper); snail; seed; artichoke and flowers. Numbered top right: 17. Part of the seventh album with drawings of reptiles; amphibians and natural history ensembles. The seventh of twelve albums with watercolors of animals; birds and plants; known around 1600; commissioned by Emperor Rudolf II. With explanations in Dutch; Latin and French; insects; insects: grass-hopper; insects: butterfly; flowers; plants and herbs: artichoke; Elias Verhulst (attributed to); 1596 - 1610; paper; pencil; chalk; watercolor (paint); deck paint; ink; pen; h 160 mm x w 246 mm