Natural history ensemble (nr. 15); 15. Leaf of hodgepodge / miscelaniorum tabula 15. / 15. feuille de melange (title on object); Leaf with the fifteenth natural history ensemble with animals and plants; numbers 1-18. Insects (moth; butterfly; flies; dragonfly; grasshopper); spider; snail; mouse; mussel; fruit and flowers. Numbered top right: 15. 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: moth; insects: grass-hopper; insects: butterfly; flowers; fruits; spiders; rodents: mouse; molluscs: mussel; Elias Verhulst (attributed to); 1596 - 1610; paper; pencil; chalk; watercolor (paint); deck paint; ink; pen; h 160 mm x w 269 mm