Natural history ensemble (no. 3) 3. Leaf of hodgepodge / Miscelaniorum tabula 3. / 3. feuille de melange (title on object); Sheet with the third natural history ensemble with animals and plants; numbers 1-14. Insects; flowers; snail; spider and cucumber. Numbered top right: 3. 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; molluscs: snail; spiders; Elias Verhulst (attributed to); 1596 - 1610; paper; pencil; chalk; watercolor (paint); deck paint; ink; pen; h 152 mm x w 231 mm